| TALLTALE | Everyone in the race gets a drink, which is hard to believe (4,4) |
| TALL | Of some stature, such a story is hard to believe (4) |
| TALLSTORY | High school on island is hard to believe (4,5) |
| TALMUDICAL | Involving slander with London gallery is hard to believe of Jewish law |
| SEAWATER | The drink (which is undrinkable) (8) |
| LEMONADE | In the shelter, the shivering nomad gets a drink (8) |
| ADVANCED | Got ahead, which is hard for students to do (8) |
| ARGONAUT | Adventurous sailor gets a drink knocked back, when in a boring routine (8) |
| TAGGINGS | Alerts to Facebook friends put label on strong drink which girls are following (8) |
| GUINNESS | Drink which has been "good for you" since the 1920s |
| NIGHTCAP | Last drink which could go to your head (8) |
| DANCETTE | Routine race gets bearing from chevron (8) |
| CAFFEINE | Bitter alkaloid in drinks which has a stimulant effect (8) |
| TALBOT | A pound in drink which is linked to Auchinleck (6) |
| ENIGMA | Back in the game, running about, which is hard to fathom (6) |
| DEADWEIGHT | Dad, we converted a number which is hard to carry (4,6) |
| HARVESTRYE | Crown Royal northern ___ ___ (Canadian drink which is the 2016 World Whisky of the Year winner as ch |
| MYSTERY | My Way very lacking in volume, which is hard to explain |
| LEADEN | Come first in French, which is hard to pick up (6) |
| CONUNDRUM | Sister, being into fish, takes to drink, which is puzzling (9) |
