| CHICHESTER | Francis -, British yachtsman who sailed round the world in Gipsy Moth IV (10) |
| CHAY | Mr. Blyth, yachtsman who sailed round the world alone betwen 1970-71 (4) |
| CHAYBLYTH | British yachtsman who sailed single-handed around the globe in a westward direction in 1970-71 (4,5) |
| CIRCUMNAVIGATOR | Naomi James e.g., one who has sailed round the world (15) |
| PETEGOSS | British yachtsman who authored 1998 memoir Close to the Wind |
| PETE | British yachtsman who authored 1998 memoir Close to the Wind (4,4) |
| GOSS | British yachtsman who authored 1998 memoir Close to the Wind (4,4) |
| BLYTH | Chay ___, Scottish yachtsman who sailed single-handed around the globe in a westward direction in 19 |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer who died before one remaining ship from his fleet completed the first voyage round the world in 1519-22 (8) |
| CRICK | Francis ---, British scientist who identified the molecular structure of DNA with James Watson in 1953 (5) |
| BEAUFORT | Francis -, British rear admiral who devised a scale of wind velocities in 1805 (8) |
| TEDHEATH | Keen yachtsman who won the Sydney-Hobart yacht race in 1969, and became Britain's PM the following year (3,5) |
| FRANCIS | Solo Gipsy Moth yachtsman, Sir ... Chichester |
| SILK | Fibre produced by the larva of a moth (4) |
| THOM | _ Hunt, AT contributor / 'Lure Angler of the Yeart' 2021 (*moth) (4) |
| ASIA | Large area in America I sailed round? |
| ERIC | French yachtsman who won the 1967 Fastnet Race on Pen Duick III (4,7) |
| STERN | Grim prospect for the yachtsman who can't catch his rival? |
| PYM | Francis -, British Foreign Secretary from 1982-83 (3) |
| GERM | Micro-organism found in tiger moth (4) |
