| BENEDICTINE | Drink as a rule in 24 (11) |
| RAJ | Drink served up as a rule in India |
| EMPEROR | Find a sovereign, as a rule, in Antarctica (7) |
| AURELIAN | What could be wrong as a rule in a concerning Roman emperor (8) |
| ARRAIGN | Put on trial, as a rule, in hearing (7) |
| USU | As a rule, in the dict. |
| BOYLESLAW | So ordered, cook cabbage salad as a rule in physics (6,3) |
| MURPHYS | Why things go wrong, as a rule, in potato and cabbage salad (7,3) |
| LAW | Why things go wrong, as a rule, in potato and cabbage salad (7,3) |
| PARTY | Word originally for a group opposed to others that, by the 18th century, came to mean a social gathering of invited guests, typically with food/drink as a celebration (5) |
| KEEPSAKE | Retain a foreign drink as a souvenir (8) |
| WINE | Drink, as a result of a whinge, allegedly (4) |
| NOSTRUM | No holy person takes alcoholic drink as a remedy (7) |
| LIGHTALE | Drink, as a couple of stories told (5,3) |
| THUMBSUP | Quickly turn to drink as a sign of hope |
| TOTAL | Full amount of small drink as a loss leader (5) |
| BEING | Be pouring the drink as a human, of course |
| SEAFARING | On the drink, as a finger is drunk |
| CRACKOPEN | *Prepare to drink, as a can of beer |
| LAP | Drink as a cat |
