| NAVAL | Of a ship (5) |
| SALUT | Word for a crack of a ship broken by a rock first, later a lengthways divide, slash or slit of a banana, cream bun, curtain, plank or anything else (5) |
| BOWER | An anchor at the front of a ship; a shady recess under trees in a garden or woodland; a picturesque country cottage or summerhouse; or, from "farmer", a jack in euchre or 500 (5) |
| ABEAM | A ray of light at the side of a ship (5) |
| BOARD | A side of a ship; or, a wooden plank/sheet on which to serve cheese or to play chess, for example (5) |
| AWAKE | Vigilant for a track of a ship? (5) |
| ABAFT | A graduate paper behind stern of a ship (5) |
| HAWSE | Upper part of the bows of a ship which houses the holes through which the anchor ropes pass (5) |
| CLEAT | A piece attached to parts of a ship for fastening ropes (5) |
| SINKS | (Of a ship) goes to the bottom of the sea (5) |
| STERN | The white-tipped tail of the beagle or English foxhound; or, the aft-most part of a ship (5) |
| BILGE | Broadest part of the bottom of a ship (5) |
| BOSSY | Apt to order a boy out of a ship (5) |
| ROPES | Guys forming the cordage of a ship; or, strings of onions or pearls (5) |
| REFIT | A repair or re-equipping, as of a ship, for further use (5) |
| APISH | It could be imitative of a ship (5) |
| ORLOP | Part of a ship or dock (5) |
| SCAMS | Shifty manoeuvres of a ship around a river |
| WAIST | Middle part of a ship (5) |
| RIGHT | The starboard side of a ship (5) |