| BREWED | Is said to be gloomy so made a cup of tea |
| GRIM | One of two story-telling brothers said to be gloomy |
| DISMAL | A lad kept to a doctrine is sure to be gloomy (6) |
| BREW | Word for a cup of tea, a ferment, a mash, a witch's potion or a zymotic beer of barley or wheat, all boiling down to the ancient idea of bubbling, burning, effervescing and heat (4) |
| DASHED | The so-and-so made a run for it (6) |
| ILLLIT | 49 to 51, time to be gloomy (6) |
| DANE | Great he may be, but disposed to be gloomy! (4) |
| MOROSE | There's nothing in code to cause to be gloomy (6) |
| STIR | A commotion; a faint movement or sensation; a slang word for jail; or, an instance of mixing cake batter, a cup of tea, vegetables in a wok etc (4) |
| DOCUMENTED | Demo CD tune was off, so made a record |
| SCARPERED | Worried about rep's return so made a run for it (9) |
| WOEFUL | To be gloomy is deplorable |
| SNIP | Informal word for a tailor; little patch of white on a horse's nose; a single cut with scissors and the sound so made; or, a bargain (4) |
| DICTUM | Seemed unable to speak, briefly, after first three ciders over there, but then made a solemn pronouncement |
| EQUIPPED | Supplied key, then made a clever remark (8) |
| GLITTERED | Was brilliant in golf, then made a mess |
| DEPRESSING | Predesigns style to be gloomy (10) |
| MOPE | To be gloomy or apathetic (4) |
| BEVERAGE | Word for a cup of tea or perhaps a cocktail to clink, but its core has always meant "something to drink" (8) |
| GOINGTOPOT | Getting worse, is about to have a cup of tea (5,2,3) |
