| ANIAN | Strait of ___ (The Northwest Passage to a historic Spanish cartographer) |
| GEORGEWEYMOUTH | English explorer who made contact with the Wabanaki nations while attempting to find the northwest passage to India |
| ARAGON | Element touring a historic Spanish region (6) |
| KNUDRASMUSSEN | Explorer, the "father of Eskimology" and the first European to cross the Northwest Passage by dog sled |
| GREENHITHE | Town on the River Thames in England from whence naval officer Sir John Franklin set sail on what would be a fateful 1845 expedition to the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic |
| BAFFIN | - Bay, body of water west of Greenland that forms part of the Northwest Passage (6) |
| AMUNDSEN | Roald, first man to navigate the Northwest Passage and to reach the South Pole (8) |
| FROSTBITE | One of the fateful Franklin expedition-to-the-northwest passage afflictions |
| EXPEDITION | The Franklin ___ (Fateful quest of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic) |
| WAVYBLUELINE | It symbolizes the Northwest Passage on the Northwest Territories coat of arms: 3 wds. |
| BLIGH | He was a bit of a blighter to a historic Christian (5) |
| FROBISHER | Explorer who sought the Northwest Passage and fought the Spanish Armada |
| ROALDAMUNDSEN | *Norwegian explorer who led the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage |
| WATERLOO | The coursing cup of yesteryear led to a historic battle (8) |
| FRANKLIN | 1845: British naval officer who led a fateful expedition to the Northwest Passage, Sir John ___ (b.1786 - d.1847) |
| EREBUS | Ship that sailed on John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage (6) |
| SEAROUTE | The Northwest Passage is a famous one in Canadian history: 2 wds. |
| JOHNFRANKLIN | Rear admiral who led an expedition to the Northwest Passage in 1845 (4,8) |
| SYLVIAMENDEZ | Her attempt to enroll in a segregated school led to a historic nineteen-forties court case |
| MALACCA | Strait of ____ , body of water separating the Malay peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra (7) |
