| COFFEEPOTS | Cafetieres, cezves, French presses, ibriks, mokas or other perks in which to percolate or prepare one's bean-based brews, caffeine-fuelled morning pick-me-ups or Javanese jump leads (6,4) |
| NESBIT | Novelist who wrote about characters including Bobbie, Peter, Phyllis and Perks in The Railway Children (6) |
| UPGRADES | Perks in the air |
| SKYSCRAPER | Scary perks in a many-storeyed structure (10) |
| OOZE | Zero in on nothing outright to percolate |
| SOLICITORS | In Britain, lawyers who advise clients on matters of law, draw up legal documents or prepare cases for barristers (10) |
| STEAM | Form of vapour used to power a type of engine, remove creases, cook vegetables or prepare espresso (5) |
| INSTANTCOFFEE | No need to percolate this! (7,6) |
| PLATTER | Start to percolate coffee right after main course |
| SCHMOOZE | Half of mush to percolate and circulate (8) |
| LEACH | Cause to percolate |
| SEPIA | Brown pigment more likely to percolate, might you say? |
| BOOZEUP | Bachelor to percolate with higher spree (5-2) |
| INFILTRATED | Came to percolate into (11) |
| SUNDRY | Different way to prepare on a hot day (6) |
| SETTEE | Sit here or prepare to drive? |
| SQUAREUP | Settle, or prepare to fight? (6,2) |
| TEEUP | Prepare on course at Cambridge after first part of tripos, say (3,2) |
| KNEELS | Gets down on one or prepares to pray perhaps |
| RUSTLEUP | Prepare on short notice, as a meal |
