| NORTHERN | Bull or cow, one dipping into a sherry, oddly (8) |
| UNIVERSE | Sphere of activity of one dipping into a French poem? (8) |
| COARSER | Relatively rude boy drinks a sherry oddly (7) |
| SERVICE | Sherry oddly wrong for communion, perhaps (7) |
| DOCILE | Amenable Conservative, one dipping into government handout |
| OXWARBLE | Fly whose larva produces swelling on back of bull or cow (2-6) |
| SOLDIERS | Strips of bread or toast used for dipping into a soft-boiled egg (8) |
| GREYSEAL | Bull or cow? Horse close |
| AQUARIST | One with tanks is dipping into a quantity of liquid |
| DOMINEER | Cow one spotted briefly by English queen (8) |
| AIRRIFLE | Dipping into a sack, I take weapon (3,5) |
| ANIMATED | Lively friend dipping into a new set of papers? |
| TACKROOM | Place/space in or near a stable, for one's riding boots, bridles, grooming kits, hats, rosettes and maybe a sherry-laden saddle-soapy old table (4,4) |
| APERITIF | If pirate shows up, have a sherry (8) |
| AYRSHIRE | A sherry I ordered in Scotland (8) |
| SPRINGER | A breed of spaniel; heifer or cow close to calving; or, another name for a ladyfish or ten-pounder (8) |
| RUMINANT | What accounts for insect being drunk maybe - or cow? |
| ROADTRIP | Voyage on which you might yell "Shotgun!" or "Cow!" |
| SEAL | Bull or cow that makes an impression (4) |
| ELK | Bull or cow in the forest |
