Storm to trouble our sailors sucked in (7)
I believe the answer is:
tornado
'storm' is the definition.
(type of weather)
'to trouble our sailors sucked in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' is present in the answer.
'trouble' could be 'ado' (both can mean bother or commotion) and 'ado' is located in the answer.
'sailors' could be 'rn' (abbreviation for Royal Navy) and 'rn' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tornado that I've seen before include "Dreadful blow" , "It's a big blow" , "This is quite a blow" , "Terrible storm" , "Terrible current" .)