| LIMESCALE | Falsehood, taking spirit as a deposit (9) |
| NOSTRUM | No very good person needs spirit as a cure-all (7) |
| KEEPSAKE | Preserve Japanese spirit as a kind of token (8) |
| GIVEUPTHEGHOST | Stop taking spirit and stop working (4,2,3,5) |
| BOOTLICKER | Toady gets kick taking spirits, we hear |
| SOTS | Heavy drinkers initially set on taking spirits |
| HAILSTONE | Welcomes spirit as something sent from the heavens (9) |
| PARACLETE | In Christian theology, the Holy Spirit as advocate or counsellor |
| EBULLIENT | In high spirits, as Blue Nile wastes little time (9) |
| MERRIMENT | High spirits as police impound posh car - mine's broken down! (9) |
| EXUBERANT | In high spirits as former partner and unionist exchange banter |
| SEDIMENT | Sent round a small amount of money as a deposit |
| ASH | A hundred is subtracted from the money, as a deposit (3) |
| LAYS | Puts down as a deposit on a little nest (4) |
| ESCROWS | Gives to a neutral third party, as a deposit |
| SAMURAI | Warrior needs one with a spirit as backing |
| EARNEST | Word for money paid in advance as a deposit or guarantee, hence a pledge, assurance or foretaste of what is to come; or, first-fruits (7) |
| ADVANCEPAYMENT | Why secretary worked with a decent man, securing five as a deposit (7,7) |
| INVOKES | Calls on a spirit as witness, for inspiration or in prayer (7) |
| LAID | Put down as a deposit (4) |
