| ALEXANDER | King of Macedon from 336-323 BC; or, a gin- or brandy-based cocktail with creme de cacao and cream (9) |
| SOUR | A gin or whisky cocktail flavoured with lemon/lime juice (4) |
| STILL | Get even with a gin or whisky producer (5) |
| EZRA | Hebrew priest of 5th Century BC, or his book |
| ARCHELAUS | ____ I ruled Macedon from 413 to 399 BC |
| ALEXIS | Creek in BC, or actress Smith |
| BRANDYALEXANDER | Cocktail with creme de cacao |
| STINGER | Cocktail with creme de menthe |
| GRASSHOPPER | Southern cocktail made with creme de menthe, creme de cacao and cream |
| CUP | Item paired with a saucer for tea or for tasseography readings; a fruit-based cocktail with Pimm's or wine; or, common name for a structure at the base of an acorn (3) |
| HOLLYHOCK | Related to cotton, cacao and hibiscus, a selfsowing cottage garden plant with tall stems of cream, peach, scarlet or creme de cassis flowers (9) |
| SIDECAR | Brandy-based cocktail, and a hint to locating the second part of four three-part puzzle answers |
| PEGS | Wooden clips with traditional "dolly" types with which to hang one's drying laundry on a clothes-line; spillikins for cribbage; or, drams of whisky or brandy and soda (4) |
| MAHOGANY | Wood traditionally used by cabinetmakers; informal word for a dining table; old dialect for gin and treacle; or, brandy and water (8) |
| ALEXANDERS | Name, from "black herb/vegetable", through association in folk etymology with the "Great" king of Macedon, for black lovage or Macedonian parsley (10) |
| CAPRI | Cocktail made with banana liqueur and white creme de cacao |
| CACTUS | Take first part of cacao and last part of lotus to produce a desert plant (6) |
| HORSESNECK | Brandy-based cocktail; where a steed's mane is found (10) |
| SPIRIT | Word for breath of life; vital principle; the soul; a spectre, such as Dickens's Ghost of Christmas Past; fire, pizzazz, sparkle, vigour or zest; the prevailing cheery, Christmassy or festive mood; or |
| MINTJULEP | Bourbon-based cocktail with sugar and sprigs of herb poured over ice (4,5) |
