| TURTLENECK | Type of jumper (between crew -and polo-) (6-4) |
| BOATRACE | The - -; annual rowing contest held between crews from Oxford and Cambridge Universities (4,4) |
| VOLKSWAGEN | Its models include the Golf and Polo (10) |
| POWERCABLE | Staff entertains returning crew and sailor from The Wire? (5,5) |
| BADMANNERS | A rotten crew and they're most impolite |
| RUEFULNESS | Regret baggy state of jumper, say (10) |
| VNECK | Type of jumper that could be plunging (1,4) |
| CREWNECK | Type of jumper sailors embrace passionately |
| CARDIGAN | It's a bay, a type of jumper (8) |
| ARAN | Finally fashionista managed to describe type of jumper |
| JERSEY | Type of jumper |
| MALLET | Piece of kit used in croquet and polo (6) |
| COOPER | Author of the Rutshire Chronicles novels including Riders, Rivals and Polo (6) |
| PLAYMERRYHELL | Take the part of one of Silver's crew and he will be very angry (4,5,4) |
| KILLY | - Cooper, bestselling author of Riders and Polo (5) |
| PROMENADEDECK | Part of ship for crew and a pack editor introduced (9,4) |
| POLONECK | Distinctive style of jumper (4,4) |
| SIDEDOOR | Got rid of jumper after a flipping emergency exit (4,4) |
| FIREDOOR | Got rid of jumper after a flipping emergency exit (4,4) |
| MOUNT | One of the novels by Riders and Polo author Jilly Cooper; a postage stamp hinge; or, slide used in microscopy (5) |
