| TIBETAN | Asian giant holding empty bottle (7) |
| ABIDING | A giant holding racket, standing (7) |
| SHEBEEN | Illicit boozer's brilliance hiding empty bottle (7) |
| SHEBEAR | Snip around empty bottle for spectacled female? (3-4) |
| DEADMEN | Empty bottles proverbially silent! (7) |
| UNKEMPT | All over the place, drunk, empty bottles (7) |
| PTOLEMY | Stargazer recycling empty bottles, nothing left (7) |
| ASLEEP | 4 the record, holding empty luggage out (6) |
| INDEBTED | Marry holding empty bouquet being thankful (8) |
| CHASER | Drink tea holding empty suitcase (6) |
| OPENLY | Just holding empty plate for all to see |
| BURMESEPYTHON | Scarce Asian giant |
| YETI | Mysterious Asian giant |
| NOTHINGINIT | Easy description of empty bottle! (7,2,2) |
| OLDSOLDIER | Veteran's empty bottle? (3,7) |
| THEHUNTFOR | Doctor holds empty bottle after fourteenth cocktail gulping leads to hilarious results, with 26Dn 5Dn (3,4,3,3,7) |
| REDOCTOBER | Doctor holds empty bottle after fourteenth cocktail gulping leads to hilarious results, with 26Dn 5Dn (3,4,3,3,7) |
| DECANT | Empty bottle last month hit worker (6) |
| CRUSOE | Shipwrecked islander finds empty bottle |
| ROOTBEER | American sports fan clutches empty bottle, wanting drink (4,4) |