| DEVILSADVOCATE | David covets ale when drunk - he likes stirring it (6,8) |
| HIGHPRIEST | One such as Caiaphas: when drunk he is right to keep quiet |
| SLIPOFTHETONGUE | Unfortunate mistake upsetting fool when drunk, he claimed (4,2,3,6) |
| SALMONELLA | Fish tail-end found in ale: when drunk it causes food poisoning (10) |
| GREEDYGUTS | Guy gets red when drunk - he's a glutton (6,4) |
| FAIRYTALE | Ratify ale when drunk? A likely story (5,4) |
| FOOTBALLSEASON | Fans boo, lots sozzled with ale, when the games are on (8,6) |
| ERNESTHEMINGWAY | In West Germany, he got drunk (he adored Margaux) (6,9) |
| NASTIER | When this director general from Ringstead gets drunk, he becomes much less pleasant (7) |
| TITIAN | Artist takes top off paint, stirring it in (6) |
| AGITATION | Stirring it again to create trouble |
| RATATOUILLE | Stirring it, eat all our stew |
| ASTORMINATEACUP | Result of someone unnecessarily stirring it? |
| AGITATING | Stirring it again, GT, like that? (9) |
| ETERNAL | Continuing always to order ale when bird is inside (7) |
| SUPER | Strange in Morse's case, man enjoying ale when a penny drops (5) |
| MORSE | Ordering Inspector ___ ale when working restores policeman! (5) |
| LOATHSOME | Smooth ale when wrongly brewed is detestable (9) |
| MEAD | Crazy to swallow last of ale when honey drink's there (4) |
| GUVNOR | Drunk, he left terribly hungover boss (6) |