| BUNGHOLE | Hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it (5,3) |
| SPILE | Spout/plug for a hole in a barrel or cask |
| BUNG | A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask (4) |
| PUNCHEON | Large cask used for rum and brandy (8) |
| VAT | A cask used for storing or holding water, beer or other liquid (3) |
| TUN | A cask used in the brewing of beer (3) |
| DIOGENES | Greek philosopher said to have slept in a barrel or wine jar |
| CADE | An orphaned colt or lamb reared on a bottle, often as a pet; a barrel or cask; or, a Mediterranean juniper (4) |
| POPULATE | To fill or occupy with people or things (8) |
| SPIGOT | Small wooden peg used to block the hole of a barrel or cask (6) |
| FLUMMERY | Dialect word for a kind of cold porridge, pudding or Scots sowens of oatmeal; blancmange; anything insipid; or, empty talk, humbug, meaningless flattery or nonsense (8) |
| BISCUIT | Custard cream, bourbon, rich tea ... a crumbly food sometimes stored in a barrel or tin with a sweetmeal variety crushed as the base of a cheesecake (7) |
| APPLE | There might be one bad one in a barrel or, in a heap, plenty (5) |
| CLAPTRAP | Meaningless nonsense or empty words (8) |
| DISGORGE | Pour out or empty (contents) |
| DOP | Afrikaans word for a husk or empty nutshell; pomace brandy; a tot of wine; a drink container or lid; a little copper cup in which a diamond is secured while being cut; or, a cartridge-case (3) |
| COOPER | Barrel- or cask-maker; or, a ceramics designer whose pieces are sometimes marked with leaping deer symbols (6) |
| CADEAU | Barrel or cask, a superior gift |
| HOOPS | Circular bands used to bind the staves of barrels or casks; or, arches used for croquet (5) |
| HOOP | Iron band securing a stave of a barrel; or, a croquet arch (4) |
