| ALCOHOLIC | Cocoa Hill drunk, and became drunk on it (9) |
| COINTREAU | A neurotic drunk on it? (9) |
| ELPENOR | In Homer's Odyssey, the youngest comrade of Odysseus who became drunk and fell off a roof (7) |
| TANKEDUP | Ted, a punk, became drunk (6-2) |
| SCHNAPPS | How you might describe photos if drunk on it |
| FULLTIME | Poins, drunk on it, coming round before the end of the game (4-4) |
| SWELTERED | I drew it from the steel and became hot and bothered about it (9) |
| RELIGHTED | Dawn embraced in the grass and became fired again (9) |
| SETTLEDIN | Somehow it nestled and became comfortable (7, 2) |
| ALEXANDER | ____ the Great, ancient king who overthrew Persia and became Pharaoh of Egypt (9) |
| TAUTOLOGY | Lay-out got messed up and became untidy for example (9) |
| AGREEABLE | Be real age, reformed, and became easy going (9) |
| SOBEREDUP | Setting aside whiskey, brewed soup somehow and became less drunk (7,2) |
| WENTTOPOT | Deteriorated and became a drug-taker (4,2,3) |
| RECOVERED | Upholstered again and became better |
| ENTANGLED | The specialist fished and became snagged |
| MADEABOMB | Helped terrorists and became rich from (4,1,4) |
| HOLYGHOST | Book by John Sandford which was part of the Virgil Flowers novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| THEFALLEN | Thriller novel by David Baldacci which was part of Memory Man series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| STAIDAN | He established a church and monastery on Lindisfarne and became its bishop in 635 (2,5) |
