| MOM | Word in a sailor's tattoo, maybe |
| SAILOR | One with an anchor tattoo, maybe |
| ARM | Place for an "I <3 MOM" tattoo, maybe |
| EDAM | Globe-like mild cheese in a red wax coat, that found its way from Dutch polders to its namesake Netherlandish town in a sailor's boat (4) |
| PORT | Have a drink in a sailor's town (4) |
| YAHOO | There's nothing in a sailor's cry that makes him a brute (5) |
| ONEAM | Two bells, in a sailor's middle watch |
| REDSKY | Morning warning in a sailor's saying |
| KNOT | One in a sailor's repertoire |
| ANCHOR | Sailor's tattoo |
| SPARROW | Bird in many sailor's tattoos |
| ABLESEAMAN | From the south, identifies 26's isle, welcoming in a sailor (4,6) |
| DONALDDUCK | He's usually seen in a sailor suit and cap--but no pants |
| JIGGER | Word with a dizzying array of meanings, from unusual to tame - a Celtic folk dancer, a cue rest, a golf club, a mizzenmast, an old door, a sailor's pulley, a Scouse alleyway, a shot glass, a tropical |
| JUMPER | Word for a sailor's loose outer jacket that came to mean a woollen jersey in the UK or a pinafore dress in the US; a quarry drill; a crude sled; or, a horse for puissance, e.g. (6) |
| FROCK | Name, preserved in a word for "depose", for a priest's gown or monk's habit; a farm worker's traditional linen shirt; a sailor's jersey; or, a dress (5) |
| SQUARE | Quadrangular shape of a sailor's historical wooden trencher/platter for a meal aboard a naval ship; or, a word for fair, honest, proper or solid, thus for a hearty balanced meal (6) |
| SEA | A thalassic expanse known informally as the briny; a great wave; a large lake; the tide; turbulence or swell; a lunar mare; or, with the definite article, a sailor's maritime career (3) |
| BERTH | Word originally meaning "sea room" or space to manoeuvre, later a ship's allotted spot at a wharf; or, a sailor's bunk (5) |
| TAR | A sailor's nickname that is an abbreviation of a word for waterproof cloth; or, from "tree", a dark piceous distillation of coal or wood (3) |
