| LADYBLAMEY | In Australia, an improvised drinking glass made by slicing the top off a bottle (4,6) |
| WEDGES | Servings made by slicing a lemon or potato |
| UNCAP | Take the top off a bottle (5) |
| UNCAPPED | Took the top off (a bottle) (8) |
| TINNY | A term meaning "stannic", hence flimsy, jangly, metallic-sounding, poor-quality or thin; or, in Australia, an informal word for "lucky", a can of beer or a small aluminium fishing boat (5) |
| PUP | Informally in Australia, an early night is “only a ____” |
| POM | Informally in Australia, an English person (3) |
| PARES | Trims by slicing |
| PARE | Trim by slicing |
| ARCH | Took the top off a tree to make a vault (4) |
| BOTTLEOPENER | Device for getting the top off a beer container (6-6) |
| BLOW | A blast; a breath of fresh air; a gust; an improvised jazz jam; or, a toot or blare on a horn, trumpet or whistle (4) |
| ASH | Clean the top off a tree (3) |
| LOP | Cut the top off (a tree) |
| UNSCREWS | Takes the top off (a jar) (8) |
| JAM | A fruit preserve of damsons, goosegogs, strawberries or other seasonal gluts; an improvised session by blues, jazz or rock musicians; or, an awkward predicament (3) |
| HAVEAGO | Take a turn and use razor, taking top off a good half of these |
| OPENER | What might cap off a bottle of beer? |
| CADENZA | An improvised or ornamental passage played by a soloist (7) |
| STORNELLO | Italian for "starling" that also refers to an improvised three-line "little turn", folk verse, poem or rhyme beginning with an invocation of a flower (9) |
