| HOBSON | William ---, British naval officer and the first Governor of New Zealand (6) |
| CARTERET | First governor of New Jersey |
| PLUNKET | Irish aristocrat, Governor of New Zealand from 1904-1910, whose name is in the title of an organisation founded by Frederic Truby King (7) |
| JOHNRUTLEDGE | US statesman and jurist, the first Governor of South Carolina (4,8) |
| SCOTT | British naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic (6,6,5) |
| ROBERTFALCON | British naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic (6,6,5) |
| UTAH | Mormon founder Brigham Young became the first governor of this territory - it didn't become a state |
| ALAN | ___ Shepard, Navy officer and the first American in space |
| COSTER | Barrow boy who serves the Commanding Officer and the rest (6) |
| TEDDER | Arthur William, British marshal of the RAF who became deputy supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (6) |
| WALTON | William, British composer of the opera Troilus and Cressida (6) |
| HOLMAN | William --- ---, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (6,4) |
| EMPSON | William -, British poet and critic who authored 1930's Seven Types of Ambiguity (6) |
| JINNAH | Muhammad Ali ?, first Governor-General of Pakistan from 1947-48 (6) |
| SEVIER | Tennessee's first governor, John ___ |
| THOMASCOCHRANE | Admiral of the fleet, and first governor of Newfoundland; another admiral, an inspiration for Horatio Hornblower |
| MOB | Be with the Medical Officer and the rest of the crowd (3) |
| COPES | Successfully deals with the Commanding Officer and the majority of the pests (5) |
| EGAN | First governor of the state of Alaska |
| WINTHROP | John ___, first governor of the Massachusetts bay colony |
