| VOUVRAY | Dry white wine, either still or sparkling, from the Loire valley (7) |
| RIOJA | Spanish wine either tinto from tempranillo grapes, blanco from viura or rosado from garnacha (5) |
| MINERALWATER | Still or sparkling? (7,5) |
| WATER | Subject of the question "Still or sparkling?" |
| LAMBRUSCO | A red wine, usually sparkling, from Northern Italy (9) |
| GLISTENCLOSELY | Starts sparkling from only inches away? |
| SPANGLE | A glittering flake or sparkling speck; a sequin; or, a "crystal fruit" aka square boiled sweet of the 1950s-80s (7) |
| SANCERRE | A dry white wine from the Loire valley (8) |
| MUSCADET | Dry white wine from the Loire valley (8) |
| INERTIA | Tendency of a body to remain still or maintain motion without external force |
| CHATEAU | Grand French country house or castle, many of which are found in the Loire Valley |
| SAUVIGNON | Wine from the Loire valley(9) |
| POUILLYFUME | Dry white wine produced in the Loire valley from the sauvignon blanc grape |
| BRUT | French word describing dry champagne or sparkling wine (4) |
| PAILLETTE | French-derived word for a sequin, spangle or piece of enameller's foil, all shimmering, shiny or sparkling like diamante glitter, yet it derives from "chaff, straw", aka agricultural litter (9) |
| CAVA | One preparing to serve meat, we hear, or sparkling wine (4) |
| PORTSALUT | Semi-soft cows' milk cheese from the Loire, developed by Trappist monks in the 19th century (4,5) |
| ORIEL | Window one could see from the Loire (5) |
| HOTELIER | Accommodating type from the Loire in trouble (8) |
| PHOTO | A shot, snap, still or transparency, such as any one of those captured by the 1st Earl of Snowdon or Sir Cecil Beaton, for example (5) |
