| LIGHTEST | Least demanding ordeal by Bounty's captain, first to go |
| NIGHY | Actor playing Leo Argyll in the miniseries Ordeal by Innocence (5) |
| EARLDOM | Title plastered ordeal by masthead (7) |
| INNOCENCE | 2018 Agatha Christie adaptation starring Morven Christie, Ordeal by - (9) |
| KIPPERS | Fish to be got by captain, first to last (7) |
| CRUMBLE | Captain first to lumber about and fall to pieces (7) |
| CAVEIN | On a vessel captain's first to yield to pressure |
| BATTING | When players come in, Australian captain catches England captain, first to be dismissed (7,5) |
| ORDER | see 16ac, When players come in, Australian captain catches England captain, first to be dismissed |
| RECAPTURE | United captain first to fill double on recovery (9) |
| CUP | Captain's first to raise trophy (3) |
| LIGHTOPERA | Bounty's captain loses head with drunkard -- a noted farce? (5,5) |
| BLIGH | HMS Bounty's captain (5) |
| WEBB | Matthew ___, steamship captain; first man to swim the English Channel (4) |
| OBOE | Matthew -, steamship captain; first man to swim the English Channel (4) |
| ANEMOMETRY | A submarine captain, first person to attempt meteorological technique (10) |
| HASTY | Too quick for yachts to be scattered when captain's first lost (5) |
| EASIEST | The least demanding teases model about initial inquiry (7) |
| CUSHIEST | Copper most reserved and least demanding (8) |
| TAMEST | Least demanding exam spanning the morning |
