| DEADMEN | Corpses - they're drained of spirit! (4-3) |
| EMPTIES | They're drained - a sign of a good night? (7) |
| STORIES | Relations showing no lack of spirit! (5,7) |
| TEACUPS | There's a fortune on the bottom if they're drained |
| BARRELS | Casks over which helpless individuals are said to be held, as per a phrase that alludes to the image of nearly drowned people, face down over kegs, being drained of seawater (7) |
| ENDGAME | English college, drained of ale, recalled the king's dying moments? (7) |
| ATWORST | A couple relax; drained of energy, to be pessimistic |
| RETIRED | Went back drained of energy anew (7) |
| MARBLED | Fatty blemish drained of blood (7) |
| CARAFES | Jugs serving a Rioja drained of contents in bistros (7) |
| DARING | Go on do it for a bit of spirit! (6) |
| METHS | It's short of spirit! (5) |
| ELEMENTAL | Lee lament? No! That one's full of spirit! (9) |
| GHOST | Relations showing no lack of spirit! (5,7) |
| SODA | To hell with a diluter of spirits! ... (4) |
| BASINS | They're drained by rivers |
| EXHAUSTED | Description of somewhere/something depleted of resources; or, of a person, physically drained of all energy (9) |
| DRYDOCKS | Quayside areas that can be drained of water to allow repair of ships' hulls (3,5) |
| HIT | Sock drained of colour we chucked (3) |
| SEWERRAT | Creature that's drained of water's, er, done for (5,3) |
