| SINTAX | Levy on liquor or Luckies |
| BICKER | Scots word for a treen bowl, cup or dish made of staves for liquor or porridge; a short noisy rapid run; clattering noise; or, an altercation, quarrel, squabble or wrangle (6) |
| EXCISE | An internal tax or duty levied on certain commodities, such as liquor or tobacco. (6) |
| SLUG | Terrestrial mollusc without a shell; a gulp or pour of liquor; or, a counterfeit coin used unlawfully to operate a slot machine (4) |
| FLAMBE | French culinary term for a cookery procedure in which bananas, cherries, crepes or steaks are served dressed in blazing liquor; or, a Chinese copper-red glaze flecked with blue/purple (6) |
| TAPE | A thin strip of cotton or linen for binding, fastening or for embroidering with one's name; a length of cellulose for sticking; a long cloth or metal ruler for carpentry, dressmaking, tailoring etc; a |
| JULEP | From Persian for "rosewater", a sweet or syrupy, often medicated, liquor; or, iced water flavoured with mint leaves, sugar and whisky (5) |
| SIP | Old word for "eat an evening repast" or "dine, feed, quaff"; a small gulp of liquid; a drink of liquor; or, modern slang for "what is happening" (3) |
| MALT | Kind of liquor or shop |
| NOGGIN | Small quantity of liquor, or two other drinks (6) |
| GIN | Liquor or card game |
| BOOTLEG | Illicit liquor or recording (7) |
| POT | Word with liquor or sticker |
| SCOTCH | Put the lid on liquor (6) |
| LUSTRUM | Immoderate appetite on liquor could get you five years |
| GINGERBREAD | German money going on liquor and cake |
| MAOTAI | Chairman to restrict report on liquor (3,3) |
| BARM | Pub's butt of criticism for froth on liquor |
| AHEAD | A froth on liquor obtainable in advance (5) |
| ALCOHOLIC | Person dependent on liquor |
