| INKPOT | Drunk Pinot over the weekend - a favourite of old writer taking a dip perhaps (6) |
| PICKPOCKET | Choose, in the dictionary sense, type of mini going for a dip perhaps? (10) |
| TAHINI | Pita dip, perhaps |
| IMAGES | This writer's taking a long time to create figures of speech |
| PIMIENTO | Drunk Pinot around start of the meal - that's what Olive traditionally matched for the appetiser (8) |
| THOREAU | A writer taking a tour he himself arranged (7) |
| KAFTAN | Eastern garment for the weekend, a loud colour (6) |
| PENNYALINER | Hack writer taking a boat round New York |
| DISHUP | Serve dips, perhaps, without first two bits of hummus (4, 2) |
| REDWINE | We're in Germany, drunk - pinot noir, maybe! (3,4) |
| KARACHI | At the weekend a chair is put out for port |
| GREENTEA | First of tales penned, author taking a drink (5,3) |
| OPENED | Started out with old writer taking on the boss, on paper (6) |
| VOTIVE | Very old writer's taking time for sort of church offering (6) |
| BANDIT | Last weekend, a councillor from Catbrain was broken into by a criminal gang member (6) |
| BATHER | Sailor turned up on the river, finding one taking a dip (6) |
| EASTER | Christian festival held over the weekend of the first Sunday after the first full moon following the |
| HOOPOE | It flies to west of old writer's house |
| ADVENT | Five taking a dip around dawn (6) |
| POLITE | US writer taking in drunk, being courteous (6) |
