| STOTINKA | Decline to accept drink having answer ready for Bulgarian |
| ROMANIA | Right old obsession for Bulgarian neighbour (7) |
| SLIGHTLY | Rather clever, having answer to clue filled in (8) |
| SUPPOSED | Presumed to drink, having sat for an artist (8) |
| LAYABOUT | Idler having answer in amateur contest (8) |
| GAMESHOW | Having answer, engage in attempt to win, losing in this programme? (4,4) |
| TROLLOPE | Novelist's to drink, having swallowed bread (8) |
| PALINODE | English academic, I drink, having gone over poem (8) |
| LEVERAGE | Purchase drink, having left for Belgian capital |
| ABDICATE | Decline to accept upstanding investigators, so step down |
| NIGHTCAP | Close to agreement about drink having sleepy effect? |
| DISUNITE | In part decline to accept appeal by newspaper |
| ABSINTHE | Potent green alcoholic drink having a high wormwood content (8) |
| RUMPUNCH | Drink having strange strength (3,5) |
| ISOTONIC | (Of a drink) having the same concentrations of salts and minerals as in the body |
| SHAKEUPS | Major shuffles drinks, having eaten fish (5-3) |
| LAPUP | Be eager to accept drink out of bed (3,2) |
| WONGA | No good going in without answer ready (5) |
| TRILEMMA | Nuisance not having answer: girl in quandary (8) |
| PITTA | Prime minister once having answer for bread (5) |
