| DOWN | Blue water's first to be bottled by academic (4) |
| STAMPOUT | Current measure to be bottled by ale and scotch (5,3) |
| HAMMS | Old beer with the ad line "From the land of sky blue waters" |
| FREEWILL | Liberty - female rising from stone in the water, first to witness suffering (4,4) |
| SWORDFISH | Swimmer to cross water first to end in elegant surroundings (9) |
| POINTEDOUT | Indicated Pinot due to be bottled (7,3) |
| BASS | Fish may be bottled 6 (4) |
| LIRA | Money once bottled by Marilyn in recession (4) |
| USER | Employer bottled by Scouse ruffian (4) |
| SMOG | Unpleasant air bottled by cosmographer (4) |
| GROG | Rum diluted with water, first issued by British naval admiral Edward Vernon in 1740 (4) |
| RAFT | Word for "convey by water" first, now "float, sail or pass through the air", as in scent, smoke, sound etc (4) |
| MEAD | Drink of fermented honey and water first made 4000-5000 years ago (4) |
| SWIM | Go into water, first salt water I mean (4) |
| AQUA | Greenish-blue water (4) |
| STUD | Credit notes dismissed by academic's boss (4) |
| GOWN | A loose, wide garment indicating status, such as worn by academics (4) |
| FRAGRANCE | Crashing car, start to face anger that may be bottled up |
| SUPERIOR | Better to drink port bottled by that female Cockney |
| LOWTIDE | When blue water feels blue? (3,4) |
