| REDDUSTER | Nickname for a British ship flag (3,6) |
| PIRATEFLAG | Pirate ship flag |
| JOLLYROGER | Pirate ship flag |
| BRASS | The audacity, capturing a British ship! (5) |
| HMS | Letters on a British ship |
| DESERTRAT | Nickname for a British Second World War soldier who fought in North Africa (6,3) |
| BLUEPETER | Unhappy with a safe ship's flag (4,5) |
| REDENSIGN | Adding new centre, change ship's flag |
| HEMSTITCH | British ship (small) patrols quarter in border work |
| RESOLUTE | ____ desk, table in the Oval Office built from a British ship's timbers (8) |
| JUICER | A cider press, lemon squeezer, reamer or other fruit-essence extractor; a dipso, tippler, toper or wino; or, with "lime", a dated somewhat-disparaging nickname for a British sailor/person (6) |
| MUM | Queen ___, nickname for a British royal |
| NAN | Nickname for a British relative |
| PEELER | Original nickname for a British policeman (6) |
| TOMMY | Nickname for a British soldier (5) |
| JACK | A leather or iron-plated medieval tunic; a ship's flag, smaller than the ensign; a sailor; or, a knave in cards (4) |
| REDCOAT | Nickname for a British soldier, associated with the New Model Army of 1645 or the American Revolutionary War (7) |
| ROGER | Jolly ___ , traditional name for a pirate ship's flag (5) |
| ENSIGN | N symbol for a ship's flag (6) |
| PETER | Blue ___ (ship's flag indicating imminent departure) |
