| SUEZ | Canal built in 1869, fought for in 1956, and in the news in 2021 when a ship ran aground and blocked it |
| LERMONTOV | Russian cruise ship which ran aground and sank in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986, the Mikhail ___ (9) |
| ENDEAVOURREEF | Coral bank where Captain Cook's ship ran aground in 1770 |
| TROPICAL | 'Very hot' and 'in the news' is about right |
| SUNISALEE | Gymnastics gold medalist who made news in 2021 as the first Hmong-American Olympian |
| OCEANGOING | As a ship runs out of cargo, none, I suspect, good (5-5) |
| STRANDED | Driven aground and, in a way, coloured |
| AVALANCHE | Have canal built for a lahar or snowslide (9) |
| LAWSUITS | They are discussed. argued and fought for in courts of law ? |
| PURSE | Pucker up lips professionally fought for in ring (5) |
| RIALTO | Oldest bridge on Venice's Grand Canal, built between 1588 and 1591 (6) |
| CUTTYSARK | Fast swing ship built in 1869 for the China tea trade, now on display in Greenwich, London (5,4) |
| EVERGIVEN | Container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal in 2021 (4,5) |
| CONCORDIA | Costa ___, cruise ship which ran aground in the Tyrrhenian Sea in 2012, killing 32 crew and passengers (9) |
| MANTLE | Mickey, baseball player who was MVP in the American League in 1956 and 1957 (6) |
| HOYLAKE | Merseyside seaside town that is the home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, built in 1869 (7) |
| BLUEPETER | Named after a maritime signal flag hoisted when a ship is about to set sail, a series that awards badges to guests who appear on the show (4,5) |
| SPERRIN | A proposed gold mining project in the ___ Mountains was recently in the news in Ireland. (7) |
| LEWHOAD | Champion Australian tennis player who won the Wimbledon title in 1956 and 1957 (3,4) |
| GUYS | Stage musical that was adapted for film in 1956, ---- and Dolls (4) |
