| RECTANGLES | Figures in trouble at sea, reportedly Germanic folk (10) |
| LIFEBOAT | It rescues people in trouble at sea (8) |
| RUMPELSTILTSKIN | Dwarf who destroys himself in a Germanic folk tale (15) |
| ANGLES | Germanic folk? They could be obtuse (6) |
| STOREHOUSE | Too sure he's in trouble at treasury (10) |
| FINISTERRE | Ferries in trouble at first off Spanish cape |
| ANTARCTIC | Caper entertains sailor at sea, reportedly, in a very cold area |
| BERG | Childless French philosopher's trouble at sea |
| BLEATS | Complains of some trouble at sea (6) |
| WAILING | Lamenting what some hunters are doing at sea, reportedly |
| FORESEE | Predict warning cry at sea reportedly (7) |
| TREASURER | Fund manager in trouble at first, confident in the end |
| SOUP | You're in it when in trouble at a meal |
| ASISEEIT | For my money, Australian to take a seat overlooking institute at sea reportedly (2,1,3,2) |
| TEDDYBOY | Time to swirl something found at sea reportedly with someone listening to Elvis? (5,3) |
| ABYSSINIA | Ian and I in trouble at the end of chasm in Ethiopia, previously (9) |
| MAIDENSPEECH | Chap seemed in trouble at his first address (6,6) |
| THERETO | He-otter in trouble, at that (7) |
| DOH | Reaction to Bart getting in trouble at school, maybe |
| OVERDRAWN | In trouble at the bank about getting tired (9) |
