| ORIGINALLY | How one has a drink, swallowing one spirit first (10) |
| HOOHA | How one has totally pointless commotion |
| TWICE | How one has ability in the cancan? (5) |
| BRANDYSNAP | Break spirit first, then wafer (6,4) |
| SPERMICIDE | Team swallowing one short, misguided empiric's contraceptive (10) |
| DOGBISCUIT | Finish wagging big tail, swallowing one canine treat (3,7) |
| ELATE | How a letter, after a time, will raise one's spirit (5) |
| SELLUP | Dispose of all drink, swallowing a longish measure (4,2) |
| TENSEUP | A number drink, swallowing last of wine to get tight (5,2) |
| JEST | Spirit first put in modern engine ___ it's a joke! (4) |
| EAUDECOLOGNE | A perfumed spirit first made in Germany in 1709 (3,2,7) |
| AQUAVIT | Spirit's first rate kick after a volume's drunk |
| ORIGINATE | Make a speech about one spirit, and be creative (9) |
| LILIACEOUS | Left queasy (not at first) after swallowing one of flowering plants (10) |
| QUAFFS | Downs no-frills fruit drink, swallowing very loudly |
| SURPRISE | Drink, swallowing last of beer, and stand in shock |
| WINCE | Suddenly cringe about drink swallowing (5) |
| THOSE | That group shows spirit, first to last (5) |
| SOUL | Biblical ruler has nothing for one's spirit (4) |
| OPTIC | It provides a measure of one's spirit |
