| BUBBLEANDSQUEAK | Food for indicators of a drowning mouse! (6,3,6) |
| OPHELIA | John Everett Millais painting of a drowning Shakespearean character (7) |
| HANGSENG | Suspends car driver about 500 times for indicator used in 23 19 (4,4,5) |
| STRESSTESTS | Possible indicators of a change of heart? |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | Standard indicators of military rank |
| HOTPEPPEREMOJIS | Indicators of spice on menus |
| HITS | Indicators of a Web site's popularity |
| TENSES | Time indicators of a sort |
| STRAW | A peduncle of corn said to break a camel's back, be drawn in sortition or be clutched at by a drowning man; or, the golden-honey hue of said petiole (5) |
| AIRBUBBLE | Potential lifesaver for a drowning person |
| IRONIC | Like a drowning fish, for example |
| GRASPATASTRAW | What a drowning man will do, or a milkshake sucker? (5,2,1,5) |
| ZAPPA | "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" rocker |
| LIFEBELTS | They may be thrown to a drowning man |
| LIFELINE | Rope thrown to a drowning man |
| BOBBINGFORAPPLES | Activity that precedes a drowning in Agatha Christie's "Hallowe'en Party" |
| LINE | Plimsoll ___, indicator of a ship's legal limit of submersion (4) |
| DOT | Indicator of a note's duration, on a score |
| COMMA | Man entering state of unconsciousness - indicator of a pause (5) |
| THIRTY | Indicator of a news story's end |
