| BELLINI | Vincenzo -, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma (7) |
| FIFTEEN | Number of men of the dead man's chest in the pirate song |
| LAFITTE | Jean ___, French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico after whom a town in Louisiana is named |
| DAMPIER | William --, 1652-1715, English navigator, pirate and travel writer (7) |
| GUNWALE | Ben the pirate will sound: 'it's over the side of ship' |
| PUGWASH | Which fictional captain sails in the pirate ship the Black Pig? (7) |
| CORSAIR | Broadcast crude song for the pirate (7) |
| THELOFT | Chester nightclub co-owned by Sienna Blake, Ethan Willaims, Warren Fox and Norma Crow (3,4) |
| PROS | The Pirates and the Buccaneers, e.g. |
| PITTSBURGH | City of the Pirates and Steelers |
| BARRYBONDS | Outfielder for the Pirates and Giants with an MLB-record 688 intentional walks over his career: 2 wds. |
| BLACKBEARD | Feared 18th century pirate and captain of the vessel, Queen Anne's Revenge |
| HECTORBARBOSSA | Villainous, undead pirate and Sparrow's counterpart in "Pirates of the Caribbean" |
| CAPTAINHOOK | Pirate and archenemy of Peter Pan (7,4) |
| LANCIA | Vincenzo, Italian engineer who founded a car company in 1906 (6) |
| NIBALI | Vincenzo ......, Italian cyclist; 2014 Tour de France winner (6) |
| EDWARDTEACH | English pirate and privateer in the Americas, known as Blackbeard |
| NASSAU | Capital of the Bahamas, once frequented by pirates and now a banking centre |
| RIVERS | Three ___ Stadium (former home of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers) |
| TEACH | The surname of the pirate known as Blackbeard (5) |
