| SPLICED | Joined by a sailor - or the parson |
| YARN | Imaginative or incredible story spun by a sailor; or, thread (4) |
| JACK | A leather or iron-plated medieval tunic; a ship's flag, smaller than the ensign; a sailor; or, a knave in cards (4) |
| ABORAL | Away from the mouth of the sailor or the gangster |
| ROPES | Be informed, like the sailor or the boxer (4,3,5) |
| KNOWTHE | Be informed, like the sailor or the boxer (4,3,5) |
| BISCUIT | A sailor or French soldier's twice-baked dried hardtack-like bread first, now a crumbly sweet Bourbon, custard cream, Jammie Dodger, ginger nut, Hobnob etc, taken with tea or coffee to quench one's th |
| YOKE | A pair of oxen joined by a frame of the same name; or, by extension, a burden, bondage, a couple or a tie (4) |
| TAR | Old slang for a sailor; or, a dark liquid distilled from coal/wood (3) |
| STROLL | Good man to walk like a sailor or just saunter (6) |
| MARINER | A sailor or seafarer (7) |
| WATERRAT | Mistaken name of a riverbank or "riparian" vole, which is an expert diver and swimmer, widely associated with The Wind in the Willows by extension, a boatman, pirate or sailor; or, a person who is fon |
| BALUSTRADE | A row of small pillars joined by a rail forming an ornamental barrier along the edge of a balcony or terrace (10) |
| SEAM | A stratum of coal, gold or other ore; or, a line where two fabric pieces are joined by a row of stitches (4) |
| NUNCHAKU | In martial arts, a pair of hardwood sticks joined by a chain or cord and used as a weapon (8) |
| CHORUS | The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers (6) |
| SWAB | Sailor, or a sailor's implement |
| CARAVAN | Two road vehicles joined by a train in the desert |
| INAMOMENT | Soon the girl is joined by a second (2,1,6) |
| URGENT | You are joined by a fellow now or never |
