| RAFT | A boat or a whole lot of boats (4) |
| DALLIES | Silly song that's captivated everybody - or a whole lot (7) |
| MARINA | A lot of boats? |
| FLEETS | Lots of boats take off by the banks of the Thames (6) |
| TILT | An attack, dispute, duel or encounter; an awning over a boat or a cart; a jousting contest; a thrust with a lance, delivered at said tournament; a slant; or, a woodcutter's hut (4) |
| KEEL | Part of a ship represented in the constellation Carina; a poetic word for a boat; or, a prow-shaped pair of petals of a papilionaceous plant (4) |
| LOCK | A tress; a grapple in wrestling; a section of a canal for raising and lowering boats; or, a device opened with a key or combination (4) |
| SAIL | A canvas of a ship; a voyage by boat; or, a wing of a hawk (4) |
| SPONSON | Word for a projection on a boat or a subsidiary wing on a seaplane serving to aid its stability; or, a type of gun platform on a warship (7) |
| DECK | The floor of a boat or ship; a pack of playing cards; or, the platform of a skateboard (4) |
| BARK | A word for the abrupt cry of a dog; the tannin-rich covering of a tree trunk; a poetic word for a boat; or, fruit-and-nut-topped chocolate broken into jagged pieces (4) |
| SLEW | Whacked, or a whole whack |
| CABIN | Chalet, lodge or hut; a private room or living compartment on a boat; or, a railway signal box (5) |
| BUNK | A dated word meaning claptrap, humbug or nonsense; or, a shelf-like berth on a boat or ship (4) |
| HELM | A tiller/wheel for steering a boat or ship; or, a position of leadership (4) |
| SCULL | A boat or a boat mover |
| RACE | A whole lot of people seen at Epsom, perhaps (4) |
| PILE | A whole lot of support (4) |
| MASS | A whole lot of, when put in writing (4) |
| SWEEP | A curving driveway, stair or stretch of country road; a cleaning stroke with a broom or brush; a long oar of an open boat; or, a shadoof for raising buckets from a well (5) |