| SENSIBLE | Drunk is seen outside British Library, initially sober (8) |
| FIRSTBLOOD | Tree planted outside British Library an early hit |
| ENNOBLING | Honouring two Beatles, without coverage, outside British Library |
| AGITATES | Stirs it up as top barman is outside British museum (8) |
| OBSERVER | Vicar returned, initially sober, playing organ on Sunday (8) |
| BODLEIAN | ___ Library, second largest in the UK after the British Library (8) |
| TERRIBLE | Bad to retire, having worked round British Library (8) |
| PALPABLE | It's obvious broadcast appeal saved British Library (8) |
| BLACKEYE | British Library expert keeping crucial evidence of beating (5,3) |
| BROWNOWL | Argument currently held in British Library ___ which bird? (5,3) |
| SHAMBLES | Chaotic state results in humiliation for heads of British Library internally |
| BERGMEHL | Powdery deposit from work unit, unexceptional in British Library |
| HIGHBALL | One that's drunk is off to dance (8) |
| SIDEWAYS | Drunk is swayed by movement that's neither forward nor backward (8) |
| GREATFUN | Tense girl, mostly drunk, is honest (8) |
| DIGESTIF | Drunk is gifted postprandial drink (8) |
| ABNORMAL | Short old barman getting drunk is unusual (8) |
| SCISSORS | Drunk is cross with last boss employed by the barbers (8) |
| DISOWNED | Abandoned drunk is being given shelter (8) |
| INVASION | Offensive drunk is in old van (8) |
