| CHAY | Mr. Blyth, yachtsman who sailed round the world alone betwen 1970-71 (4) |
| CHICHESTER | Adventurer who sailed round the world alone in Gipsy Moth IV (10) |
| CLASSIC | Fall ___ another name for the annual MLB World Series played betwen the champions of the American League and the National League |
| DEISM | Belief in a creator that left the world alone |
| ABRUZZI | Region of S. central Italy betwen the Adriatic and the Apennines (7) |
| PETE | British yachtsman who authored 1998 memoir Close to the Wind (4,4) |
| GOSS | British yachtsman who authored 1998 memoir Close to the Wind (4,4) |
| SNOW | John, England bowler who took 7 for 40 against Australia in the 1970-71 Sydney Test (4) |
| MOSS | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| ERIC | and 14ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| SOLE | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| VERA | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| CARS | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| SKIP | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| DECK | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| TAPE | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| BATH | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| HIGH | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| DOWN | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| COOK | see 16ac, French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
