| DISPIRITED | Demoralised and faded, swallowing whisky, say (10) |
| DOWNBEAT | Relaxed fellow swallowing whisky and punch, say (8) |
| TAPEREDOFF | Record communist, sour and faded |
| DESPONDENT | Demoralised person in divorce case losing right to support daughter (10) |
| TEAMSPIRIT | Drink first drop of malt whisky, say, for morale (4,6) |
| FREESPIRIT | Uninhibited person having whisky, say, on the house (4,6) |
| SHABBY | Worn and faded |
| DALLIED | Wasted time and faded away, having embraced everyone (7) |
| WITHERED | shriveled and faded |
| WASHINGS | When repeated, they make jeans soft and faded |
| DISPENSED | Gave out and faded, having succeeded with writers |
| KINDREDSPIRIT | Like-minded individual, loving wine and whisky, say (7,6) |
| DOTTED | Sparsely laid out and faded ___ that's too much for Crosophile (6) |
| WASHIEST | Layer of paint that is soft at the edges and faded in the extreme (8) |
| FINGERPAINTING | What digital artist does with eg bit of whisky, say, and beer, drinking a mixed gin (6-8) |
| FAMILIARSPIRIT | Witch's cat recognised whisky, say (8,6) |
| SHORTANDSWEET | Whisky, say, with pudding is nice while it lasts |
| SPIRITLEVEL | Amount of whisky, say, that's useful for evening out |
| OPERATIC | Musical age seen in measure of whisky, say (8) |
| CHASER | Beer after whisky, say (or vice versa) (6) |
