| DISTRESSSIGNAL | Start to detect strain in sailing at sea, so send this up? (8,6) |
| LARYNGITIS | Try sailing at sea -- it's a pain in the neck (10) |
| INLAND | Where a ship would be all at sea, so to speak? (6) |
| ERASERS | Errs and is all at sea so we need them to remove what's on tape (7) |
| BECALMED | Cable breaks at sea, so unable to move |
| SERF | Servant found all at sea so to speak (4) |
| REPUTEDLY | It's truly deep at sea, so they say (9) |
| SABOT | Boats all at sea, so one goes on foot (5) |
| CUTUPROUGH | Was distressed and agitated at sea, so caused a disturbance (3,2,5) |
| TUESDAY | Used at sea, then thrown in river some time next week (7) |
| SLEDGED | Good deed: at first saving lives at sea, then slid on ice (7) |
| BORETHEPANTSOFFSOMEONE | And so send them to sleep in just a pyjama jacket? |
| DISTRESS | Send this sort of signal if you need help at sea (8) |
| PROPEL | Hold up the Spanish man and then send him forth (6) |
| SERENGETI | Plain sailing at last in peaceful movement, finally at one |
| SLOWEST | Start sailing at the nadir, moving at a snail's pace (7) |
| SPLENDOURS | At sea, so plunders magnificent stuff (10) |
| OCCASIONALTABLE | At sea, so allocate cabin furniture |
| TOMATOES | At sea, so Tom ate fruit (8) |
| DUSK | Start to detect Welsh river in twilight (4) |
