| BOATERS | Sailors, for one |
| EPSOMSALTS | Made up poems for sailors for medicinal purposes (5,5) |
| CREWS | Provide sailors for voyage in the sound |
| ABSOLVE | Pardon the sailors for being lovesick (7) |
| ROMANIAN | No wild enthusiasm amongst sailors for Vlad? (8) |
| REGATTA | Meet with sailors, for example, at rear of port, welcomed by Rear Admiral |
| POLARIS | Situated where the projection of the Earth's axis or the NCP lies, the current North Star, used to determine latitude and formerly by sailors for navigation (7) |
| ADABHANDAT | Has a certain expertise offering bill to sailor for playing poker for half the boat (1,3,4,2) |
| TARGET | Sailor for example returns square game (6) |
| TARPAULIN | Girl mostly following sailor for protection (9) |
| NECTAR | Almost kiss sailor for heavenly drink (6) |
| SKIPJACK | Container used by sailor for fish |
| REHEARSAL | Try again, docked sailor, for practice (9) |
| LODESTAR | Much said by sailor for marine guide |
| STEAKTARTARE | Hard look round wood with sailor for raw food (5,7) |
| SEAFARER | Sailor, for example, said to observe traveller (8) |
| CRAB | Some credit goes to a sailor for providing sea-food (4) |
| SPACELAB | Room left by sailor for experimental area (8) |
| ABBESS | Abbot's convent counterpart needs sailor for good queen (6) |
| ABBREVIATORS | River boats arranged by sailor for contractors, perhaps? (12) |
