| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CAPTAIN | Skipper | |
| ADMIRAL | Admire all, shunning the Spanish skipper | |
| ROPE | It is controlled by the skipper | |
| SKIER | Sportsman very quietly slipped away from skipper | |
| HESPERIAN | Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidae; a skipper. | |
| SAURY | ...ope and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt ... | |