| MONSARRAT | Naval lieutenant commander who wrote the 1951 novel The Cruel Sea |
| SALINGER | Late author who wrote the 1951 novel The Catcher In The Rye, JD _ (8) |
| MAILER | Norman ****** , author who wrote the 1951 novel 'Barbary Shore' (6) |
| COOK | British Naval Lieutenant who captained HMS Endeavour on a voyage to the Pacific in 1768-71 (4) |
| VIBRATION | Trembling, very irritated at first, unruly child upset naval lieutenant? (9) |
| NUMBERONE | Naval lieutenant's been on rum cocktail (6,3) |
| GRAHAM | Author of the 1951 novel The End Of The Affair, _ Greene (6) |
| SNOW | C.P., author of the 1951 novel The Masters (4) |
| DESTROYER | Type of naval vessel featured in The Cruel Sea |
| OFFSHOREACCOUNT | The Cruel Sea possibly, just possibly, opened 3 of 25? (8,7) |
| ELSE | Different excerpt from 'The Cruel Sea' (4) |
| INNES | Hammond ___, author whose 6s include The Cruel Sea (5) |
| DAKOTAS | Billy J Kramer's backing band, had own hit with "The Cruel Sea" (7) |
| PATHETICFALLACY | E.g. 'the cruel sea' or 'lonely as a cloud' (8,7) |
| CAULFIELD | Holden, the narrator in JD Salinger's 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye (9) |
| WOUK | Herman who won the Pulitzer for his 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny |
| MCHALE | The Navy belonged to this Lieutenant Commander in the 1960s TV sitcom |
| CATCHERINTHERYE | The ---, 1951 novel featuring the youth Holden Caulfield |
| HERMANWOUK | Author who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny (6,4) |
| RYE | JD Salinger's 1951 novel, The Catcher In The ... |
