| BLACKBEARD | Nickname of legendary English pirate Edward Teach, whose flagship was Queen Anne's Revenge (10) |
| SIRFRANCISDRAKE | Explorer whose flagship was the "Golden Hind" |
| DRAKE | His flagship was the Golden Hind |
| PIRATESHIP | Queen Anne's Revenge, for one |
| CALICOJACK | English pirate who operated in the Caribbean in the early 18th century (6,4) |
| TEACH | English pirate (c.?1680-1718) nicknamed Blackbeard, captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge (5) |
| EDWARD | English pirate (c.?1680-1718) nicknamed Blackbeard, captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge (6) |
| ELEANOR | Duchess of Aquitaine who was queen of France, then queen of England, mother of Richard the Lionheart (7) |
| MAHARAJA | 'The ___ of the Keyboard' ...Nickname of legendary Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson (b.1925 - d.2007) |
| EDWARDTEACH | Pirate on the Queen Anne's Revenge |
| HOOD | A legendary English outlaw of the reign of Richard I (5,4) |
| ROBIN | And 25 A legendary English outlaw of the reign of Richard I (5,4) |
| CALAMITY | Nickname of legendary frontierswoman buried next to Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota (8,4) |
| JANE | Nickname of legendary frontierswoman buried next to Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota (8,4) |
| YABBA | Nickname of legendary Sydney Cricket Ground barracker Stephen Gascoigne (5) |
| SHIP | Queen Anne's Revenge, e.g. |
| ABOARD | A plank on the Queen Anne's Revenge? (6) |
| LUGS | Nickname of legendary garda Jim Branigan. (4) |
| BLUEEYES | Nickname of legendary singer Frank Sinatra, Ol' ---- ---- (4,4) |
| TVS | Indian manufacturer whose flagship model is called the Apache. (3) |
