| OVERBOARD | Like the chairman, lost at sea |
| RED | Like the Chairman's little work (or books in general, we hear) (3) |
| FORESTWHITAKER | The Last King of Scotland actor who received the Chairman's Award at the 2014 NAACP Image Awards: 2 wds. |
| ASTRAY | Like carrier lost at sea, perhaps |
| EXTOLS | Sings the praises of former partner lost at sea (6) |
| DROWNED | What the doctor possessed was lost at sea (7) |
| SACHS | Leonard ---, actor who appeared as the Chairman in the TV series The Good Old Days (5) |
| CALLEDTOORDER | What the buyer did on the telephone when reproached by the chairman? (6,2,5) |
| COLINPOWELL | Who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War? (5,6) |
| ANDREWNEIL | Former editor of the Sunday Times, founding chairman of Sky TV and later GB News, former BBC presenter and since 2008 the chairman of Press Holdings (6,4) |
| ISOLATES | I get lost at sea but it keeps me away from the others (8) |
| MAORI | The Chairman has the right? I say it's the New Zealander (5) |
| POINTOFORDER | The reason for the command is matter for the chairman (5,2,5) |
| TOSAYTHELEAST | They lost at sea, lost to put it mildly (2,3,3,5) |
| SAMUELLJACKSON | Django Unchained actor who received the Chairman's Award at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards: 3 wds. |
| KAMALA | Harris honored with the Chairman's Award on Saturday at the NAACP Image Awards |
| BLESSYOUBUOY | Grateful remark from one who was lost at sea? |
| FORD | Yankee nicknamed 'The Chairman of the Board' |
| SHIPWRECKED | Lost at sea |
| HAROLD | Australian Prime Minister lost at sea in 1967 , ... Holt |
