| SUBSIDED | Ship took part - and sank (8) |
| GETME | I'm a Celebrity... ___ Out of Here! show in which Jason Donovan took part and again came third (3,2) |
| ASSES | Foolish people, on a ship, took two different directions (5) |
| MAYFLOWER | Which ship took the Pilgrim Fathers from England to America in 1620? (9) |
| SCUTTLED | Ran off and sank (8) |
| DECLINED | Turned down, fell off and sank |
| BANKHEAD | Critic John Mason Brown advised of her performance in 1937, "Tallulah ... barged down the Nile last night as Cleopatra - and sank" |
| ATTRACTS | Tart in play plays part and is alluring (8) |
| IMPACTED | Independent politician played a part and had an effect (8) |
| ENGAGING | Taking part and winning (8) |
| REDACTED | Revolutionary played a part and was taken out by keyboard warrior perhaps (8) |
| SEAMLESS | With no apparent gaps between one part and the next (8) |
| SURLIEST | The most bad-mannered? Yes, for the most part, and doesn't tell the truth starting trouble! (8) |
| VOLATILE | There it is, heartless, backward, the pick of society for the most part and highly strung (8) |
| LEGALESE | Party of the first part and party of the second part, e.g. |
| CRESSIDA | Leading part and another taken from actress - I'd a female title role (8) |
| HOLISTIC | Emphasising the functional relation between parts and the whole (8) |
| EARTHMEN | Those from around these parts, and alien near them? (8) |
| ETHEREAL | Heavenly round these parts and others (8) |
| ROLEPLAY | Act a part, and run round back of hall to record song |
