| FLINT | Which captain did Robert Louis Stevenson describe as "the blood-thirstiest buccaneer that sailed"? (5) |
| UPOLU | An island in Western Samoa, where did Robert Louis Stevenson spend the last five years of his life? (5) |
| SWANS | AFL team also known as The Bloods (5) |
| SEVEN | Number of seas sailed? (5) |
| WITHONESTONE | Knew owl in blood thirstiest of idioms (4,3,5,4,3,5) |
| KILLTWOBIRDS | Knew owl in blood-thirstiest of idioms (4,3,5,4,3,5) |
| BLAKE | Who did Roald Dahl describe as "the finest illustrator of children's books in the world today!"? (7,5) |
| QUENTIN | Who did Roald Dahl describe as "the finest illustrator of children's books in the world today!"? (7,5) |
| GLASGOW | Which city visited by Daniel Defoe in 1727 did he describe as "the cleanest and beautifullest and best built city in Britain, London excepted"? (7) |
| MORIARTY | Who did Sherlock Holmes describe as "the Napoleon of crime"? (8) |
| ASI | "As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young _ _ _ ever did." -Robert Benchley |
| DRAW | Describe as "the big attraction" (4) |
| SPECTRUM | Organisation for which Captain Scarlet is an agent in the Gerry Anderson puppet series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons |
| GOSFORD | In which Park did Robert Altman set his 2001 film? (7) |
| RAGINGBULL | For which film did Robert De Niro win his only Best Actor Oscar? (6,4) |
| RANKLED | What the captain did to a row of soldiers was annoying |
| BLIGH | Which captain was deposed by the Mutiny on the Bounty? (5) |
| BIGBREAK | Former TV show for which Captain Sensible's The Snooker Song was the theme tune (3,5) |
| LEPROSY | What did Robert the Bruce die of? (7) |
| LED | What the captain did, in 'Little Dorrit' |
