| One might be picked up in a storm | 33 |
| Offshore A.P.B. | 15 |
| Ocean's "911" | 27 |
| Nautical "Help!" | 26 |
| Nautical ''Help!'' | 34 |
| Msg. from the Titanic | 21 |
| Morse resource | 14 |
| Morse recourse? | 15 |
| Morse code message | 18 |
| Modern version of CQD | 21 |
| Message that's often repeated | 33 |
| Message on the beach of a remote island, maybe | 46 |
| Message like Mayday | 19 |
| Message in a storm | 18 |
| Message in a bottle | 19 |
| Message from a desert isle, perhaps | 35 |
| Message from a bridge | 21 |
| Mayday's rel. | 17 |
| Mayday, in a way | 16 |
| Mayday rel. | 11 |
| Mayday cousin | 13 |
| May Day! | 8 |
| Marooned person's message | 29 |
| Maritime alert | 14 |
| Mariners' sig. | 18 |
| Mariner's ''Mayday!'' | 41 |
| Marine counterpart of "Mayday!" | 41 |
| Marine "mayday" | 25 |
| Main message? | 13 |
| M'aidez! | 12 |
| Lusitania's signal | 22 |
| Lusitania signal | 16 |
| Letters to the Coast Guard | 26 |
| Letters seeking aid | 19 |
| Letters in the sand | 19 |
| Letters from the high seas | 26 |
| Letters from desperate people | 29 |
| Letters for help | 16 |
| Letters addressed to an airplane, perhaps | 41 |
| Letters addressed to airplanes? | 31 |
| Kin of 911 call | 15 |
| It might be sent from a bridge | 30 |
| International distress sig. | 27 |
| Int. distress signal | 20 |
| Hit song by ABBA | 16 |
| High-seas alert | 15 |
| Help-wanted sign? | 17 |
| Help-wanted request | 19 |
| Help-wanted indication | 22 |
| Help-wanted announcement? | 25 |
| Help-seeking letters | 20 |
| Help wanted announcement? | 25 |
| Help request | 12 |
| Help plea from the sea | 22 |
| Help found inside eight puzzle answers | 38 |
| Help call | 9 |
| Helmsman's panicked plea | 28 |
| Frantic signal at sea | 21 |
| Foundering plea | 15 |
| Flashed message | 15 |
| Flare, perhaps | 14 |
| Flare, maybe | 12 |
| Familiar telegraphy sequence | 28 |
| Emergency letters at sea | 24 |
| Distressful call | 16 |
| Distress-signal letters | 23 |
| Distress code | 13 |
| Distress call, at sea | 21 |
| Desperate trio | 14 |
| Desperate signal | 16 |
| Desperate initials | 18 |
| Desperate call, for short | 25 |
| Dashed-off plea? | 16 |
| Cry when going down? | 20 |
| Cry from someone with that sinking feeling? | 43 |
| CQD successor | 13 |
| Common bit of Morse code | 24 |
| Clorox cleaning product | 23 |
| Castaway's note | 19 |
| Castaway's letters | 22 |
| Captain's "I need help ASAP!" | 43 |
| Call to the U.S.C.G. | 20 |
| Call in a calamity | 18 |
| Call hidden in this puzzle's eight longest answers that's apt for May Day? | 82 |
| Call from the distressed | 24 |
| Call for aid | 12 |
| Call at sea, maybe | 18 |
| Brillo pad competitor | 21 |
| Brand of scouring pad | 21 |
| Brand invented by an aluminum pot salesman | 42 |
| Appeal for help | 15 |
| Andrea Doria msg. | 17 |
| Andrea Doria call | 17 |
| Alert for the Coast Guard | 25 |
| ABBA song | 9 |
| ABBA number | 11 |
| Abba hit song, 1975 | 19 |
| A plea at sea | 13 |
| 911 on the ocean | 16 |
| 911 call, e.g. | 14 |