Portuguese explorer who named the Pacific Ocean Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Portuguese explorer who named the Pacific Ocean last seen in Telegraph Cross Atlantic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MAGELLAN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MAGELLAN Portuguese explorer who named the Pacific Ocean (8) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 13, 2025
2% LINER Ocean cruiser (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 15, 2025
2% MIST Ocean spray (4) USA Today Nov 12, 2025
2% SHIP Ocean liner (4) Newsday Nov 10, 2025
2% NOS We, in Portuguese (3) New York Times Nov 2, 2025
2% ASEA On the ocean (4) New York Times Mini Nov 2, 2025
2% LEWIS Partner of Clark in exploration (5) New York Times Oct 27, 2025
2% ALIASES Other names back cruise in the ocean (7) (7) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 26, 2025
2% TIDES Motions of the oceans (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 25, 2025
2% ORCA Ocean predator (4) USA Today Oct 24, 2025

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