| BLIGH | The captain who was put off by his crew |
| BOUNTY | Its captain was put off by the crew (6) |
| RAE | John, the captain who searched for Franklin |
| MANDHANA | Last name of the captain who led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their second Women's Premier League title. (8) |
| GOWER | Former England cricket captain who was one of the team captains on the BBC quiz They Think it's All Over from 1995 to 2003 (5,5) |
| DAVID | Former England cricket captain who was one of the team captains on the BBC quiz They Think it's All Over from 1995 to 2003 (5,5) |
| DRAKE | Tudor sailor who circumnavigated the globe in the Golden Hind with his crew (5) |
| MEADE | General who was put in charge of the Army of the Potomac three days before Gettysburg |
| SCOTT | Explorer who died with his crew on return home from the South Pole (5) |
| MCCAW | Richie ___, All Blacks captain who was 2006, 2009 and 2010 IRB International Player of the Year (5) |
| JEEPS | Dickie ___, former England captain who was president of the Rugby Football Union in 1976-77 (5) |
| GOOCH | Graham ---, former Essex and England cricket captain who was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1980 (5) |
| NORSE | Name of the airship in which Roald Amundsen and his crew made a crossing of the Arctic in 1926 (5) |
| QUEEG | His crew nicknamed him "Old Yellowstain" |
| ATAHUALPA | The last Inca emperor of Peru, who was put to death by the Spanish under Pizarro (9) |
| HILTON | Socialite who was put to work in The Simple Life, Paris ___ (6) |
| COOK | Commander of the ship Endeavour who set sail with his crew to Tahiti in 1768 to chart the transit of Venus across the Sun (4) |
| KELLYBROWN | Saracens coach and ex-Scotland captain who was badly injured when hit by a car whilst out cycling (5,5) |
| WEBB | Matthew, steamship captain who was the first man to swim the English Channel (4) |
| AHAB | Fictional captain who was the inspiration for Captain Hook |
