| EVERGIVEN | Ship whose predicament prompted Ken Jennings to tweet, "Hey is the Suez Canal really slow for anyone else right now?" |
| HOST | Ken Jennings, to "Jeopardy!" |
| STRAGGLERS | They're really slow to arrest jockey over horse from central Ireland heading to Sandown (10) |
| SAMSMITH | Singer whose 2023 Grammy performance led Elon Musk to tweet "If that's satan, we have nothing to worry about" |
| RESOLUTE | HMS ___, Royal Navy ship whose timbers were used to construct the Oval Office desk |
| ADAGIO | Bill is at the bar before ten - that's slow for a musician (6) |
| HOBBYIST | Bird is beginning to tweet for e.g. birdwatcher (8) |
| AMISTAD | Ship whose name is Spanish for "friendship" |
| LUTINE | Ship whose bell, rung in Lloyd's, announces loss of a ship (6) |
| THELOVEBOA | Dramedy set on a luxury cruise ship ... whose captain is a creature with a romantic squeeze? |
| HARBLOCK | Subject of the Final Jeopardy! question that knocked out Ken Jennings after a record 74 wins ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| AIKEN | Singer Clay with the lyric "I'm slow for my age, a late bloomer" |
| DRAGGEDONESFEET | Engineered a go-slow for what shifty type did with the speed (7,3'1,4) |
| LARGHETTO | A little slow for left and right to be starting on slum (9) |
| WORTHLESSJUNK | Really slow ship from China? |
| POKY | Really slow to do anything |
| DRAGS | Goes really slow or really fast |
| BRAKEPAD | Drab looking peak that could really slow the traffic (5,3) |
| GOALPOST | Ultimate objective to Tweet from bar in the Aviva (8) |
| TAKEALONGTIME | Go really slow and consider Anglo organisation getting beat? (4,1,4,4) |
