| LIVERISH | Irritable, as it happens, with whiskey being unopened |
| WALLOWED | Took great pleasure in whiskey being permitted (8) |
| OGRESSES | Horrible women love exits being unopened (8) |
| OKAYS | Approves sweet Hungarian wines being unopened (5) |
| LIVEANDLEARN | Benefit from experience, as it happens, with large gain |
| CLIVE | Caught, as it happens, with The Knick star Mr Owen (5) |
| RELIEVE | Replace engineers, as it happens, with head of engineering (7) |
| OLIVEBRANCH | Conciliatory gesture made by Oscar, as it happens, with backing of department (5,6) |
| LIVEITUP | Celebrate as it happens, with revolutionary Russian leader cut short (4,2,2) |
| EVENTER | It happens with hesitation for competitor (7) |
| CRABBY | Irritable - as one being shelled? |
| FRACTIOUS | Irritable, as I tangled with four cats (9) |
| RATTY | Irritable as overrun with vermin? |
| ALLSYSTEMSGO | We have ignition, as conversely happens with meltdown (3,7,2) |
| COINCIDENCE | Strange it should happen with company showing how often it occurs (11) |
| TESTY | Irritable as one could be about exams? (5) |
| NARKY | Irritable as vessel held in New York |
| WASPISH | Very irritable, as a particular hymenoptera (7) |
| SHORTTEMPERED | Irritable as spirit diluted (5-8) |
| TETCHY | Irritable as the City can get at losing one (6) |
