| MIDDY | Young British naval officer in Malaysia entertains retired inspector and daughter (5) |
| CSFORESTER | Creator of the Horatio Hornblower, a British naval officer in the Napoleonic era (1,1,8) |
| EXCHEQUER | Retired inspector, speaking in government department |
| CARVERY | Grant entertains retired minister in restaurant (7) |
| SCOTT | Robert Falcon, British naval officer and explorer (5) |
| MOORE | Demi ___, player of a naval officer in "G.I. Jane" |
| BLIGH | British naval officer who, after being set adrift by mutinous members of his crew, navigated 4,000 miles to safety (5) |
| ALEKS | __ Shirovs, Bridge Street market inspector and boyfriend of Roxy Mitchell (5) |
| DIJON | Detective Inspector and Judge working where mustard comes from |
| DIGUP | With effort find uniform kept by inspector and doctor (3,2) |
| GOGOL | Nikolai ___, Russian author whose best-known works are The Government Inspector and Dead Souls |
| HIRST | One of the Young British Artists (5) |
| MALAY | Language of a people of in Malaysia (5) |
| MAFIA | Criminals first to fall over songs in Malaysia (5) |
| KORAN | Religious text offered in many hotel rooms in Malaysia |
| TAHIL | In Malaysia, sixteen units of which weight are equal to a catty? (5) |
| SABAH | State in Malaysia (5) |
| ASSAM | Tamarind in Malaysia (5) |
| ISLAM | Major religion in Malaysia |
| ROBERTFALCON | British naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic (6,6,5) |
