| ORLOP | Lowest deck sinking in the pool, right? (5) |
| DRIVEIN | Way to enter pool right inside US cinema, perhaps? |
| LYSIN | It attacks cell walls, slowly sinking in the middle (5) |
| ETIVE | In olden times avoid sinking in sea loch (5) |
| HADES | Underworld Society sinking in obscurity |
| SAGGING | Sinking in the middle due to weakness (7) |
| BRIGANTINE | Ship is Titanic , one sinking in the sea (10) |
| QUICKSAND | The adventure hero was trapped and sinking in this deceptive granular material in Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull |
| ISHMAEL | The only survivor of the Pequod’s sinking in Moby Dick |
| SHIPOFSTATE | Platonic government metaphor, sinking in softish peat (4,2,5) |
| OUTOFONESDEPTH | Reason for sinking in water - unable to cope (3,2,4,5) |
| MUSTERED | Gathered in street before sinking in mire |
| IDOL | Learner sinking in swimming pool one's adored |
| EXCALIBUR | Historic cutter last seen sinking in lake (9) |
| STARFISH | As swimmer, sailor beginning to flounder is sinking in silence! |
| SOLVENT | Sinking in strait, vessel initially afloat |
| MORNINGSICKNESS | New corn sinking in muck an early sign of growth? (7,8) |
| HELSINKI | Cover-up of brothel sinking in Scandinavian city (8) |
| HITTINGHOME | Punching house when it's sinking in (7,4) |
| ORBITING | Going round or sinking in (8) |
