Possible Clues:

• Showed signs of being
• Appeared to visualise the water around Crete
• What you do when sailing past Gib became apparent
• Appeared, as people do on Riviera beaches
• Appeared to be joined in speech
• Appear to have been sown around me
• 'Appeared, gave the impression (6)'
• Appeared to look at me with hundreds more
• Apparently was
• Appeared to look at me and hundreds as well