| JOLLYBOAT | Vessel in which to find merry sailors? (9) |
| ESTAMINET | Unfinished building complex in which to find this person's cafe (9) |
| FLOWERPOT | In which to find Violet Fowler high on marijuana? (9) |
| SHRUBBERY | In which to find straggly berry bush? (9) |
| ARBORETUM | Place in which to find a set of bays? (9) |
| CRUSTACEA | Classy setting in which to find lobster? |
| NORTHWEST | Part of Scotland in which to find Durness (5-4) |
| MAYFLOWER | Vessel in which pilgrims might flourish (9) |
| URN | Vessel in which to pour noggins (3) |
| RAFT | Vessel in which to shoot the rapids |
| MORTAR | Vessel in which to grind spices (6) |
| STEAMER | Coal-powered vessel in which to cook rice (7) |
| BOUGHPOT | Old word for a bouquet, bunch, posy or tussie mussie of flowers and foliage; or, the vessel in which to display said branches, sprays and stems (8) |
| POT | Vessel in which to cook "shot" game, for example; or, a beer mug (3) |
| POTS | Any of various vessels in which to brew tea, hold lobsters, cook soup, stew or stock or grow flowers on a plant theatre (4) |
| JARS | Glass vessels in which to store jam, pickles, pasta, flour, whole grains, cereal, dried fruit and other pantry staples (4) |
| PANS | Steel drums; skillets for frying; or, shallow vessels in which to separate gold from gravel (4) |
| HOLYFIELD | 1 across in which to find sacred cow? (9) |
| CARAFE | In which to find a drop of red in eatery? (6) |
| INDUS | River in which to find religious types (hard to miss) |