| SPONSORSHIP | Support betting on ships, or novel (11) |
| BERTHS | Beds on ships or trains (6) |
| CREWS | Teams working on ships or planes |
| BOLLARD | Post on ship or shore for a sailor (7) |
| PRESSUPS | Youngsters boxing on ship - or training for it? |
| TRANSGRESSOR | Weird stranger on ship, or lawbreaker |
| BERTH | Bunk on ship or train |
| ABOARD | On ship or train, say (6) |
| STEWARDS | Who wait on ship or aircraft passengers (8) |
| DECK | Floor on ship or in garden |
| HERO | A real or fictional man of distinguished bravery; a demigod; a champion; or, the leading male actor or protagonist in a film or novel (4) |
| INVENTOR | Word for a discoverer; or, one who conceives or designs unique or novel devices as a hobby or profession (8) |
| PROLOGUE | Meaning "before word", a prefatory speech or section as an introduction to a play, poem or novel; or, a time trial before a stage race in road cycling (8) |
| IST | Art or novel add-on |
| EXPOSE | Investigative article, film or novel revealing a scandal or crime (6) |
| WROTE | Worked on an essay or novel |
| RATES | Ranks of ships or sailors; relative speeds of progress or change; or, a clock's gains or losses in time (5) |
| REVIEW | From "to see", an inspection of ships or troops; a retrospective survey or looking back; a critique of a book, film or play; or, a periodical, published with critical articles (6) |
| FLASHBACK | (In film or novel) return to a previous event or period (9) |
| SPACEOPERA | Genre of sc-fi film or novel such as the Star Wars franchise or Isaac Asimov's Foundation series (5,5) |
