Across
| Drink in article on Turkey is one Homer characterised | TROJAN |
| Corvette perhaps departs, led by brave Jack? | FACECARD |
| Bay that has dhow looking for shelter | HOWL |
| Iffy messages coming from shore, and received by commander | PROPAGANDA |
| Midshipman marshalled tide so gently! | EASYDOESIT |
| A little salt water sailor swallows back in Folkestone | TEAR |
| Northerner suggesting case of Grenache is worth the ultimate sacrifice? | GEORDIE |
| Get off bunk, rolling with ship | DEBARK |
| Our lot take the helm, losing heart in gale | WESTER |
| Knowing the ropes, ran and tied knot | TRAINED |
| Aware of Bonaparte’s refusal, with island ahead | INON |
| Details of where an anchor might lie mysterious to us | INSANDOUTS |
| Pacific ocean finally going purple around noon | NONVIOLENT |
| Description of seaman on board losing time | ABLE |
| Many peer at sea, to see the blue | EMPYREAN |
| No singing rule that contributes to Homer talking | OMERTA |
Down
| Port Jack Aubrey’s opening is Iberian wine | RIOJA |
| Very black bit of porridge in vessel that serves the ship | JOLLYBOAT |
| Dictionary bears only half of Bonaparte’s name, rubbed out in the war | NAPOOED |
| French meet storms, not surprisingly, throughout | FROMSTEMTOSTERN |
| Did cruise end in Antarctica, having priced to include that? | COASTED |
| Vessel’s brace that starts creaking 5D | CRAFT |
| Flaming above that might make head drier | REDHAIRED |
| Callow raised anchor where Callow might have rested | GREENROOM |
| Lad stows aboard Victory with time for quayside farewell | BONVOYAGE |
| Underground stock disposed Homer to drink fizz regularly | RHIZOME |
| Sand having removed coating, bronze turned to an orange colour | ANNATTO |
| Labourer against boarding ships | NAVVY |
| Sailor’s head, not one available for a boarder? | TOLET |
