| LOOSEJOINTED | Supple ladies and gentlemen accompany first of triathletes into ebbing river (5-7) |
| ERODED | Destroyed gun thrown into ebbing river (6) |
| AGE | Number written on the calves of triathletes |
| BROWNLEE | Last name of triathlete siblings Alistair and Jonny (8) |
| BELIEVE | Think bishop and priest should accompany first lady |
| ESCORT | Accompany first singer caught talking (6) |
| MELODRAMATIC | Musical about ebbing river is sensational |
| PARTOFSPEECH | An adjective maybe that could describe 'Ladies and gentlemen...' (4,2,6) |
| CONVENIENCES | Ladies and gentlemen serving the public (12) |
| EIGHT | Standard of jazz worried Spike, ladies and gentlemen, by the sound of it? (5-3,5) |
| BARBLUES | Standard of jazz worried Spike, ladies and gentlemen, by the sound of it? (5-3,5) |
| HERB | Fragrant type of garden plant whose name introduces a roll-call of ladies and gentlemen, from Bennet, Christopher, Gerard and Grace to Paris, Peter and Robert (4) |
| SEAWEED | Ebbing river was filled with last of the algae (7) |
| GERMS | Ladies and ___ (silly version of "ladies and gentlemen") |
| WARNING | Notification of ebbing river included (7) |
| MTV | Its first words were "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" |
| AGES | "Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ___ ..." (ringmaster's greeting) |
| ACCESSED | A cold, cold ebbing river into which ship entered (8) |
| WILDE | Hayden _, Kiwi who won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics and is one of the world's top triathletes (5) |
| TOILETS | Creation of TS Eliot, ladies and gentlemen (7) |
