| LIFEGUARD | If drug is taken with ale at sea, take his help (9) |
| LEASEHOLD | He sold ale at sea, an occupation agreed by letter (9) |
| SNEEZEBOX | Explosive issue by Punch from which powdered drug is taken |
| HUMDRUM | If conditions are tedious or humid at sea, take one strange drink |
| NORTHERNLIGHTS | Throngs at sea take in the lifeboat organisation's aerial display (8,6) |
| VEAL | Meat taken with ale perhaps after five (4) |
| DIGITAL | Drug is taken using the fingers (7) |
| CAKES | Food items taken with ale (5) |
| PACIFICOCEAN | Panic if ace at sea takes in first signs of cyclone occurring here? |
| SHIPSBOY | Steward's assistant at sea takes on board floating marker, we hear (5,3) |
| REASSESS | Concerned with ship on stormy seas, take another look |
| SLIPCOACH | One's free to stop, but does one take more chances with his help? |
| ALLOWANCE | Stint in quirky local drinking pale ale at the end (9) |
| GUITARIST | He may take his pick, but there are strings attached (9) |
| DRESSWARM | Physician every so often gets crowd to take his advice in winter? (5,4) |
| DODECAGON | Each Apostle could take his own line from such a figure |
| GENTLEMAN | Male lover who takes his weight on his elbows? (9) |
| MONTEZUMA | Aztec emperor (who takes his revenge on tourists?) (9) |
| ENOBARBUS | In Antony and Cleopatra, after a humiliating defeat in battle and feeling he failed Anthony as a good soldier, he takes his own life. Who is this? |
| VADEMECUM | Poor Dave takes his mother round the city as a companion (4,5) |