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
3% YELLOWSEA Part of the Pacific Ocean, sharing part of the name of a river flowing into it (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Aug 31, 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
2% KIRIBATI Island nation in the Pacific Ocean; capital Tarawa (8) (8) Mirror Quiz Oct 23, 2025
2% NAURU Island in the Pacific Ocean; smallest republic in the world (5) (5) Mirror Quiz Oct 17, 2025
2% INDIANAJONE *Ford explorer? (11) LA Times Daily Oct 17, 2025
2% ASEA On the ocean (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 16, 2025
2% TIDE Ocean movement (4) USA Today Oct 16, 2025
2% OLA Hello, in Portuguese (3) New York Times Mini Oct 15, 2025

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