| GAMA | Vasco da ___, Portuguese explorer |
| DAGAMA | Vasco ___, Portuguese explorer, the first European to reach India by sea (2,4) |
| MAGELLAN | Ferdinand ___, Portuguese explorer |
| NAVIGATOR | Henry The ____, Portuguese explorer born in 1394 who voyaged along Africa's west coast (9) |
| PORTUGUESE | Nationality of explorer Vasco da Gama (10) |
| LISBON | Departure point for explorer Vasco da Gama |
| EXPLORER | Vasco da Gama was a noted Portuguese one (8) |
| CODA | End of movement Vasco da Gama revealed (4) |
| GOA | Indian state whose largest city is Vasco da Gama |
| POR | Vasco da Gama's homeland: Abbr. |
| INDIAN | Third largest ocean, main trade route to Far East pioneered by Vasco da Gama in 1497 (6) |
| SPICES | Aromatic products sought by explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama |
| IBO | One of the Quirimbas Islands in the Indian Ocean off northern Mozambique, on which Vasco da Gama reportedly rested in 1502 |
| MEDEL | Gary ..... , Chile, Vasco da Gama and 2013-14 Cardiff midfielder (5) |
| COUTINHO | Philippe ........, 2010-22 Brazil and Aston Villa midfielder; current Vasco da Gama loanee (8) |
| SHORT | Explorer Vasco da __ |
| SPINOZA | Baruch ___, Portuguese Enlightenment philosopher (1632-1677) (7) |
| JOAO | Ian : Scottish :: ___ : Portuguese |
| MOURINHO | Jose ___ , Portuguese football manager (8) |
| RONALDO | Cristiano _; Portuguese footballer (7) |
