| RINGPULLS | Jewellery attracts girl for opening drinks, perhaps (4-5) |
| CORKSCREW | Irish city's team get together for opening drink (9) |
| STUD | Small piece of jewellery attracts endless attention (4) |
| SANGRIAS | Performed musical works without opening drinks (8) |
| MIRANDA | Edge over and start to attract girl |
| CHICKMAGNET | Guy who attracts girls, slangily |
| MAGNET | Babe _: A guy who attracts girls (6) |
| STAG | Boys only do stuff that attracts girls at first |
| CHIPOLATA | In opening drink, starts to taste sausage (9) |
| PARACHUTE | Device for getting in drink, perhaps, opening time vital (9) |
| DRYGINGER | Add this to a drink perhaps, as thirsty, needing hot stuff (3,6) |
| REFRESHER | Cool drink perhaps about to be given to new student? |
| SLURS | Speaks after several drinks, perhaps |
| DIDSHOTS | Had a few quick drinks, perhaps |
| ADES | Vitamin C fortified drinks, perhaps |
| APERITIF | French word for an "opening" drink to whet one's desire for food, whether Aperol, Campari, pastis or Suze (8) |
| LAGER | Um, delay opening drink (5) |
| SUNUP | American version of Dawn French, one opening drink (5) |
| TEND | Serve drinks, perhaps |
| ITALIANVERMOUTH | One incomplete story by man backing clergyman opening drink (7,8) |
