| ADVOCAAT | 'Drink stock of vodka regularly', returning addicts admitted (8) |
| WINECELLAR | Drink stock |
| YEHUDI | Menuhin, happy at last, his daughter regularly returning |
| TAIL | Follow regularly returning claimants inside (4) |
| IRAN | Armenia neighbour regularly returning to near ruin (4) |
| UIST | Regularly returning, ate shin up ground up in water (4) |
| DAVYJONES | First 24 hours (around 1st of Jan) - imbibing a sip of vodka and beginning to savour the spirit of the sea (4,5) |
| GULAG | Russian can drink up, swigging last drop of vodka |
| KIROV | Company's mixed drink, primarily of vodka |
| WHITERUSSIANS | Cocktails consisting of vodka, coffee liqueur and cream (5,8) |
| BLOODY | Mixed drink of vodka and tomato juice (6,4) |
| MARY | Mixed drink of vodka and tomato juice (6,4) |
| NAIL | Nothing to getting hold of last of vodka - one could be hammered (4) |
| BLOODYMARY | Drink of vodka and tomato juice (6,4) |
| SHOT | Small drink of vodka |
| SEABREEZE | A gentle coastal zephyr, blowing inland from the ocean; or, a cocktail of vodka mixed with the juice of cranberries and grapefruit (3,6) |
| FRASER | Father, having last of vodka, swears occasionally as one of Aberdeenshire's 11Dn (6) |
| ALC | Inits. on a bottle of vodka |
| SKYY | Brand of vodka sold in blue bottles |
| VOTER | Active constituent of vodka or (tenuously) even rum, originally (5) |