| NATHAN | Ex-postman behind The chart-topping sea shanty Wellerman(6,5) |
| EVANS | Ex-postman behind The chart-topping sea shanty Wellerman(6,5) |
| SEASHANTY | "The Wellerman," for one |
| BERLIN | Band which released the chart-topping Take My Breath Away, featured in the 1986 film Top Gun (6) |
| OLIVIARODRIGO | Singer with the chart-topping 2021 album "Sour" |
| BTS | K-pop band with the chart-topping song "Dynamite" |
| TREASUREMAP | Calculate a device to lure and catch prey, suggested Spooner, studying the chart where the loot is (8,3) |
| WELLERMAN | Sea shanty that Nathan Evans has taken to the top of the charts (9) |
| PORTISAAC | Fishing village on the Atlantic Coast of north Cornwall that is home to the sea-shanty singing group Fisherman's Friends |
| MERCHANT | French sea shanty for the trader (8) |
| ISAAC | Port -; Cornish village home to the Fisherman's Friends sea-shanty singers (5) |
| LETTERMAN | Sea shanty that has catapulted ex-postie Nathan Evans to Tiktok fame (9) |
| SHOVEL | Dig up the original sea shanty (6) |
| WITH | What Shall We Do ___ the Drunken Sailor?, sea shanty (4) |
| YOHOHOANDABOTTLEOFRUM | Alternative name for the fictional sea shanty Dead Man's Chest |
| RUMBELOW | A meaningless or nonsense word occurring in the refrain of an old sea shanty, such as Hal-an-Tow (8) |
| MERCHANTBANKERS | Nice sea shanty breaks out round noon, held responsible for 5 7 (8,7) |
| SCRAPMERCHANT | Quarrel over French sea shanty? One's dealing with rubbish (5,8) |
| DOWSING | Looking for water? Get a boat, then give us a sea shanty, perhaps ... (7) |
| FIFTEENMEN | Start of a fictional sea shanty |
