| SEMISUBMERSIBLE | Half boat, not a miserable sort of oilrig (15) |
| BLUE | Miserable sort of sky? Anything but! (4) |
| ROUSTABOUT | A general labourer on an oilrig, ship, or circus (10) |
| RETCH | Gag broadcast of miserable sort (5) |
| SODAS | Miserable sort, playing with drinks (5) |
| FACEACHE | Miserable sort; each cafe (anag.) (8) |
| PLAYACT | What fraudsters do in place with a pleasure boat, not hot (4-3) |
| BELOW | The Spanish are in front of the boat, not on deck (5) |
| CANOE | A light boat, not at all ocean-going (5) |
| OBTAIN | Get hold of boat not usually fashionable (6) |
| DELESSEPS | Canal man hurried to tether boat, not heading back (2,7) |
| EXEUNT | River boat not launching, they all leave the stage (6) |
| TUBBY | Looking round, see boat not far away |
| AILED | Went by boat, not seeing son was sick |
| NEARTHEMARK | Rigged three-man boat not far from home |
| LARGE | Lake with boat, not British |
| KETCHUP | Sauce boat not completely put back |
| PONTOON | Card game or flat-bottomed boat not on op strangely (7) |
| LOOP | Sailing boat not starting and in circle (4) |
| ORACLE | Small boat not initially featured in obscure prophecy (6) |
