| BOATYMCBOATFACE | When this absurd moniker won a hijacked 2016 poll to name a new U.K. research vessel, the result was (partly) honored: The name was given to one of the ship's unmanned submersibles |
| CHARADE | Care had to be exercised in this absurd pretence (7) |
| ANNA | With 14-Across: Actress (1905-61) who will appear on a new U.S. quarter to be issued this month, making her the first Asian-American to appear on American currency |
| BELOW | Recent BBC4 Danish TV drama set on a hijacked train, ----- the Surface (5) |
| CAPTAINPHILLIPS | 2013 film in which Tom Hanks plays a mariner in a hijacked ship (7,8) |
| JOHNOLIVER | This late-night comedy host hijacked a recent poll to successfully get the puteketeke named New Zealand's Bird of the Century; he even went on Jimmy Fallon's show dressed as one |
| BRUNEL | Which engineer was placed second in a 2002 BBC poll to find the Greatest Ever Briton? (6) |
| COUSTEAU | Oceanographer, film-maker and undersea explorer who co-invented the aqualung and converted the minesweeper Calypso into a research vessel (8) |
| NOCONTEST | ... the result was a foregone conclusion (2,7) |
| OUTCOME | The result was a coot and an emu (7) |
| NIL | Score no goals: the result was - all |
| UNCERTAIN | In doubt: the result was - |
| MEDIANVOTER | The polls to decide on the best roadway divider are busy; expect delays for the ___. |
| GOTOTHECOUNTRY | Set a date for the polls to visit the backblocks (2,2,3,7) |
| EDDIES | They're of current interest when you name a new side (6) |
| UPSHOT | The final result was fired into the air (6) |
| THEODORETUGBOAT | Hamilton Harbour redbaseball-cap wearing vessel, the iconic title character of the Canadian kids show of 1993 to 2001 |
| LINER | Type of vessel the Mikhail Lermontov was that sank in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986 (5) |
| CALYPSO | The name of Jacques Cousteau's research vessel (7) |
| SUBMERSIBLE | A research vessel designed to operate under water (11) |
