| PIPPIN | Has great expectations to contact Spike, a cider producer (6) |
| APPLETREE | One of the Roses is a cider producer (5,4) |
| JUICER | A cider press, lemon squeezer, reamer or other fruit-essence extractor; a dipso, tippler, toper or wino; or, with "lime", a dated somewhat-disparaging nickname for a British sailor/person (6) |
| TIPPLE | It reflects cider producer losing the head from drink (6) |
| MIRAGE | Merely illusory reflection alluringly generating expectations to begin with (6) |
| ROSIER | Offering more hope of finding a cider drinking companion? (6) |
| APLOMB | My pal, a CEO from Coombe, is very well-organised and has great self-confidence (6) |
| DREADS | Has great fear of wild adders (6) |
| PUPPET | Sooty, for example, has great initial affection for Sweep, perhaps (5,6) |
| EXPERT | One who has great knowledge (6) |
| IMPACT | Rascal finds performance has great effect (6) |
| HEADER | Chief Queen has great soccer manoeuvre (6) |
| METTLE | Met head teacher the French say has great courage and spirit (6) |
| CONFAB | Felon has great discussion (6) |
| ATONCE | Expert has great deal immediately (2,4) |
| HORNPIPE | Noisy type in car has great expectations going to English dance (8) |
| CUTTHEMUSTARD | Great Expectations to trim the yellow paste (3,3,7) |
| PIPE | Has great expectations for engineering channel for water (4) |
| BLOWPIPE | Knock has great expectations for fourth priest found in glass factory (8) |
| PIP | Father admits institute has great expectations (3) |
