| Text | Length |
| Namibia, once: Abbr. | 20 |
| Namibia, formerly (initials) | 28 |
| Namibia until 1990, briefly | 27 |
| Windhoek's land: Abbr. | 26 |
| Windhoek is its cap. | 20 |
| United competitor: Abbr. | 24 |
| UAL competitor | 14 |
| Tex.-based carrier | 18 |
| Namibia, formerly: Abbr. | 24 |
| Flyer based in Dallas, initially | 32 |
| Carrier based in Dallas (abbr.) | 31 |
| Mop | 3 |
| Mop the deck | 12 |
| Shipboard mop | 13 |
| Q-tip, for one | 14 |
| Sailor's mop | 16 |
| Do the deck | 11 |
| Mariner's mop | 17 |
| Cotton on a stick | 17 |
| Tar's mop | 13 |
| Q-tip | 5 |
| Forensic evidence collector | 27 |
| Do tar work | 11 |
| Cotton ball | 11 |
| Clear the decks? | 16 |
| Clean decks | 11 |
| What tars do to decks | 21 |
| Use a mop | 9 |
| Specimen collector | 18 |
| Sailor, informally | 18 |
| Nautical mop | 12 |
| Mop the decks | 13 |
| Medium for a medical sample | 27 |
| Deck mop | 8 |
| Clean the orlop | 15 |
| Bit of cotton on a stick | 24 |
| Absorbent stick | 15 |
| "Avast!" responder | 28 |
| Work on the deck | 16 |
| Use a Q-tip | 11 |
| Q-tip tip | 9 |
| Ointment applicator | 19 |
| Mop, as a deck | 14 |
| Mop the orlop | 13 |
| Mop decks | 9 |
| Deck washer | 11 |
| Deck scrubber | 13 |
| Crime lab item | 14 |
| Cotton-tipped ear cleaner | 25 |
| Clean, as a deck | 16 |
| Clean the decks | 15 |
| Wound cleaner | 13 |
| Work on a deck | 14 |
| Wield a mop | 11 |
| Wash the deck | 13 |
| Tidy up topside | 15 |
| Tar's cleaner | 17 |
| Tar (m) | 7 |
| Take a DNA sample, perhaps | 26 |
| Ship's mop | 14 |
| Seaborne lackey | 15 |
| Sailor's gear | 17 |
| Sailor boy | 10 |
| Q-tip, say | 10 |
| Q-tip end | 9 |
| Orlop mop | 9 |
| Orlop cleaner | 13 |
| Nurse's stick | 17 |
| Nurse's item | 16 |
| Mop, as the deck | 16 |
| Mop, as decks | 13 |
| Mop or sponge | 13 |
| Mop onboard | 11 |
| Mop for a deck | 14 |
| Medical sample | 14 |
| Medical applicator | 18 |
| Med lab specimen | 16 |
| Matey | 5 |
| Mate's mop | 14 |
| Mate with a mop | 15 |
| Marine's mop | 16 |
| Hit the deck? | 13 |
| Hit the deck with a mop | 23 |
| Hand mop? | 9 |
| Gun or ear cleaner | 18 |
| Gun brush | 9 |
| Gun barrel cleaner | 18 |
| Gob's mop | 13 |
| Firearm bore cleaner | 20 |
| Ear-cleaning implement | 22 |
| Ear-cleaning device | 19 |
| Do a salt's job | 19 |
| Do a deck? | 10 |
| Do a deck job | 13 |
| Do a deck hand's job | 24 |
| DNA-sampling tool | 17 |
| DNA lab item | 12 |
| DNA collector, perhaps | 22 |
| Deckhand's need | 19 |
| Culture transferer | 18 |
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