| IMPOTENCE | Men cope with it, having got inebriated (9) |
| BAPTISM | Religious ceremony: on vacation, miss it, having got up after breakfast? (7) |
| BRANDY | Up for it, having got behind a bit of bulldog spirit |
| PRESENCEOFMIND | Men cope: friends somehow showing calmness in crisis (8,2,4) |
| NEGOTIATE | Making one get it, a way to cope with it successfully (9) |
| ELUDE | Deluded with it having no beginning or end, I manage to dodge it (5) |
| DIARCHIC | Invasion from the south with it having two governors? |
| FETID | Fed up with it having a strong smell |
| INFECTED | Fenced ground with it, having caught bug (8) |
| INITIATED | Current delay is over ___ without it having started (9) |
| AMPLITUDE | Enough about it having acceptable depth and breadth (9) |
| TRICUSPID | Sound attempt by lover to include point, it having three points (9) |
| INEBRIATE | Start losing it, having consumed eight beers rapidly for starters, as drunk (9) |
| OBBLIGATO | I go to blab about it having to be included in the music (9) |
| AUSTENITE | A superior gun, it having the latest in fine metallic material |
| NIELLATED | Lined metal, face of it having been scratched, could be this |
| ONEANDALL | Everybody on ale out of it, having also snorted line |
| UNTIDIEST | They were the most sloppy duets in it, having been arranged badly |
| ENDEMIC | Harassed medic needs space to cope with it (7) |
| HELP | I can't cope with it - drinking litres |
