| SAGGING | Sinking in the middle due to weakness (7) |
| LYSIN | It attacks cell walls, slowly sinking in the middle (5) |
| FRAILTY | Fault due to weakness |
| IRIS | Most of those in Kerry, for instance, in the garden centre due a rise in spring (4) |
| FAILING | One is not making it, due to weakness (7) |
| LICKING | Conservative admitted to weakness in heavy defeat |
| ISHMAEL | The only survivor of the Pequod’s sinking in Moby Dick |
| SOLVENT | Sinking in strait, vessel initially afloat |
| ORLOP | Lowest deck sinking in the pool, right? (5) |
| BRIGANTINE | Ship is Titanic , one sinking in the sea (10) |
| QUICKSAND | The adventure hero was trapped and sinking in this deceptive granular material in Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull |
| FORCIBLE | Catholic admitted to weakness in using violence (8) |
| COURTOFLAW | Key to weakness revealed outside our scene of action (5,2,3) |
| STARFISH | As swimmer, sailor beginning to flounder is sinking in silence! |
| MORNINGSICKNESS | New corn sinking in muck an early sign of growth? (7,8) |
| HITTINGHOME | Punching house when it's sinking in (7,4) |
| ETIVE | In olden times avoid sinking in sea loch (5) |
| OUTOFONESDEPTH | Reason for sinking in water - unable to cope (3,2,4,5) |
| MUSTERED | Gathered in street before sinking in mire |
| EXCALIBUR | Historic cutter last seen sinking in lake (9) |
