| SAWING | Having observed gin being spilt, was cutting |
| FREELANCE | Self-employed fencer with ale being spilt (9) |
| REGIONAL | Local anger with oil being spilt (8) |
| GRECIANBEND | Way of walking or dancing, beer being spilt (7,4) |
| FINGERTIP | Grief, pint being spilt in joint |
| BERATE | Show displeasure at beer being spilt |
| WARUM | Why German was cutting down booze (5) |
| HAWSER | Engineer was cutting woman's cable (6) |
| SHEARING | Second try, in good order, was cutting it fine (8) |
| SAWS | James was cutting up with tools used in carpentry (4) |
| SAW | Noticed it was cutting edge (3) |
| FRETSAW | Agonise, having observed woodworking tool |
| SEEN | Use English, having observed (4) |
| SIGHTUNSEEN | Without having observed the item in question (5,6) |
| LAUGHTER | Murder them after chief has left, having observed some sniggering |
| SAWDUST | Chippy might produce this, having observed Rusakov particles, (7) |
| HERMIONEGRANGER | Graduate woman's rage about more gin being spilled (8,7) |
| ICING | I see mixed gin being spread on the cake (5) |
| BARGAINED | Haggled over bread, a gin being given in exchange (9) |
| VINEGAR | Rave about gin being base for pepper sauce (7) |
