| INGHAM | Gin-swilling joint Thatcher era press secretary (6) |
| PSAKI | Biden-era press secretary Jen |
| MOTHERSRUIN | Gin-swilling mouth-rinser (7,4) |
| INSIGNIA | Indications of office sin: gin-swilling one on one (8) |
| SHUGGIEBAIN | Book based in Thatcher-era Glasgow, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize (7,4) |
| LEVY | Whose Fruit of the Lemon (1999) is set in England and Jamaica in the Thatcher era and explores Black Jamaican Britons and their struggle with the larger society? (4) |
| HOPING | Optimistic of swilling gin, perhaps, at the dance (6) |
| SIGNIN | Register what's wrong about swilling gin |
| STUPOR | Swilling port gets us in a state (6) |
| GREBES | Birds swilling beer within the outer gates |
| EATING | Swilling |
| MILORD | Beer swilling if not noble (6) |
| STAR | One of 12 celebs swilling gin (4,4) |
| INNINGS | An opportunity for cricketers to be swilling gin in pubs (7) |
| SZENTGYORGYI | US biochemist swilling zesty gin around wild party |
| NIGH | Close to needing a bit of help after swilling gin (4) |
| TEARING | Violent expression of sorrow before swilling gin (7) |
| ATSHORTNOTICE | A dram, perhaps, straight, swilling round first taste forthwith (2,5,6) |
| SOFTENUP | Appease via drink-swilling, usually (6,2) |
| SCREWINGUP | Overwhelmed by drink, group swilling gin is making a mistake (8,2) |
