| PARAHANDY | Skipper of steamboat the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro |
| HANDY | Skipper of the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro (4,5) |
| PARA | Skipper of the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro (4,5) |
| COLO | Home of Steamboat Spgs. |
| WALTDISNEY | Co-director of "Steamboat Willie" |
| VITAL | The ___, 1906 story collection by Neil Munro featuring the mariner Para Handy (5,5) |
| VITALSPARK | The ___, 1906 story collection by Neil Munro featuring the mariner Para Handy (5,5) |
| SPARK | The -, 1906 story collection by Neil Munro featuring the mariner Para Handy (5,5) |
| DOUGIE | Party on Peterhead river for mate of the Vital Spark (6) |
| COXSWAIN | The person in charge of steering a rowing shell and coordinating the rhythm of the crew; or, helmsman/ woman or skipper of a lifeboat (8) |
| DOUGIETHE | Worker on the Vital Spark: "At home I get due treatment!" (6,3,4) |
| MATE | Worker on the Vital Spark: "At home I get due treatment!" (6,3,4) |
| PUFFER | Bonnie partner with promoter making 20h like the Vital Spark (5,6) |
| CLYDE | Bonnie partner with promoter making 20h like the Vital Spark (5,6) |
| SUNNYJIM | Brilliant work-out area announced for deckhand on the Vital Spark (5,3) |
| CAPTAIN | The Vital Spark's is Para Handy (7) |
| JOHNSPLENDID | 1898 novel by Neil Munro (4,8) |
| THEMAGGIE | Those folk on silver and gold, that is Ealing puffer based on the Vital Spark (3,6) |
| FIRE | Rapid oxidation producing heat and light; or, the "spark" in the zodiac by which Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are linked by association (4) |
| COX | Short word for a cultivar of English pippin; the helmsperson/skipper of a lifeboat; or, the steerer of a racing eight, four or other shell (3) |
