| BLACKBEARD | Nickname of the Bristol-born pirate, Edward Teach |
| JEANLAFITTE | French-born pirate who helped to defend New Orleans from the British in the final battle of the War of 1812 |
| KIDD | Scottish-born pirate, known as 'Captain', hanged in 1701 (4) |
| BARRY | Seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan on the north coast of the Bristol Channel (5) |
| MINEHEAD | Coastal town in Somerset on the south bank of the Bristol Channel (8) |
| SWANSEA | A port in South Wales, on an inlet of the Bristol Channel (7) |
| BRIGANDS | Turbocharged evolutions of the Bristol 603 (8) |
| ALLOY | _ wheels, a standard feature of the Bristol Brigand (5) |
| TARGATOP | Roof style of the Bristol 412 (5,3) |
| BRITANNIA | An evolution of the Bristol 603 (9) |
| SEVERNBORE | Tidal surge from the Bristol Channel upriver as far as Gloucester (6,4) |
| BANKSY | Pseudonymous Englandbased street artist whose work grew out of the Bristol underground scene (6) |
| MERCHANT | Stephen _, Bristol-born writer who stars in The Outlaws (8) |
| STEPHENMERCHANT | Bristol-born writer, comedian and actor whose TV series include The Outlaws, which he co-created with Elgin James |
| PAULDIRAC | Bristol-born mathematician and theoretical physicist (1902-84) |
| REVENGE | Queen Anne's ___, ship used by Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard (7) |
| GRANT | Bristol-born Hollywood film star whose real name, Archie Leach, was adopted for John Cleese's character in A Fish Called Wanda (5) |
| PIRATE | Edward Teach, e.g. |
| AKA | Edward Teach ___ "Blackbeard" |
| LUNDY | Managed by the Landmark Trust, the largest island in the Bristol Channel (5) |
