| REDSNAPPER | In colour, one photographing American swimmer |
| SNAPPER | One photographing swimmer (7) |
| BAMBOOSHOOTER | One photographing tropical grass? |
| RINTINTIN | Canine star of many films in colour, one set in the Fleet |
| DEEP | Dark in colour, one may not be able to stand up in it (4) |
| TBONE | Steak that's black in colour (1-4) |
| SEPIA | Brownish colour one noticed in back copies |
| BLUSH | Colour one side of the leaves in a shrub (5) |
| BLOOMER | Nice sea colour, one might say, appearing first in rose? (7) |
| IRIDESCENT | Glowing with colour, one possibly cycles a bit (10) |
| GREEN | Colour one could be putting on? (5) |
| PUCE | Colour one goes when quietly getting a wrong cue? |
| GOLDILOCKS | Colour, one with hair of fabled character (10) |
| SATANIC | Dark, dark colour, one lining bag (7) |
| FELTTIP | This might colour one's image having experienced upset |
| TINT | Colour one's hair without interfering too much |
| LEDECKY | American swimmer Katie ___, who has a women's record seven Olympic swimming golds, including three successive wins in the 800m freestyle event in the last three Olympics |
| RYANLOCHTE | American swimmer with 12 Olympic medals who was suspended by USA Swimming after falsely claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint after a night out in Rio in 2016 (4,6) |
| OCTOPUS | Period in autumn before operation on American swimmer (7) |
| BLUEGILL | American swimmer with grey organ for breathing in water (8) |
