| ABLESEAMEN | Naval rating of the deck department of a merchant ship (4,6) |
| BOSN | Deck department supervisor, briefly |
| RICHTER | - scale; rating of the magnitude of earthquakes based on seismograph oscillations (7) |
| LABIAL | All one can change, including rating of the lips (6) |
| SEACAPTAIN | Commander of a merchant ship (3,7) |
| SUPERCARGO | Representative of the ship's owner on a merchant ship responsible for the goods being carried |
| WINDJAMMER | Snake, a cause of blockage in a merchant ship? |
| SECONDMATE | A deputy to the first officer on a merchant ship (6,4) |
| TONNAGE | The weight of the cargo of a merchant ship (7) |
| ABLEBODIED | Clever chap that's died like a naval rating |
| ASSESSMENT | One's rating of a nest's mess it creates (10) |
| MASTERMARINER | A sailor qualified to act as captain of a merchant ship (6,7) |
| TURINGTEST | Stuttering criminal's rating of PC's intelligence? |
| PGTHIRTEEN | Rating of "Avatar" |
| MASTER | Captain of a merchant ship |
| WARDROBE | Armoire; theatrical company's stock of costumes; department of a royal household in charge of clothes, jewels and robes; or, a ship's complement of sails (8) |
| SCULLERY | From Old French for "bowl, dish" and Latin for "salver, tray, wooden platter", word first for the department of a household concerned with cookery utensils, later a small kitchen for the washing of sa |
| HANDLING | The controlling of a naval rating with a fish (8) |
| FRONTOFFICE | Management department of a company, and a hint to the starred answers |
| BOSUN | A surprise bonus for the petty officer on a merchant ship (5) |
