| PACKITIN | Fill a single container, and stop |
| PHONEBOX | Indicates alkalinity using single container and makes a call from this |
| ONCE | Formerly a hundred in a single container |
| SCAN | A single container to look over (4) |
| SALIVATE | In bazaar, single container to display great relish (8) |
| SPAN | Single container in space between bridge supports (4) |
| UNWASHED | Filthy cigarette residue in single container (8) |
| BISCUITBARREL | A container, and the last part of a Silly Party candidate's name in Monty Python's Election Night Special |
| LUCKYDIP | A game in which small prizes are hidden in a container and chosen at random by participants (5,3) |
| CANNED | Put into a container and drunk |
| CRIBBAGE | ...and for another, copy container and key (8) |
| SACKED | Put in a container and fired (6) |
| SKIPJACK | Waste container and lifting mechanism getting a nut turned round? (8) |
| UNDERCANVAS | Two foreign articles, container and pot for flowers almost in a tent (5,6) |
| BOX | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| EATIN | Start to empty a container and dine at home (3,2) |
| TOYBOX | Kid's container, and a clue to this puzzle's theme |
| CRAVAT | Credit such a large container and you'll get it in the neck |
| TINCTURE | Medicine container and cruet for disposal (8) |
| MASHED | Army medics do tea, breaking outside container and side dish |