| BOOZEUPS | Move liquid slowly into shabby pubs for drinking
sessions |
| SEEPAGE | Liquid slowly leaking, as through a barrier |
| BLOWUP | See red and blue painted in shabby pub (4,2) |
| POOL | Might one be in pub for drinking round o' lager, primarily? (4,5) |
| TABLE | Might one be in pub for drinking round o' lager, primarily? (4,5) |
| TAVERN | From "hut", an alehouse or pub for drinking, as opposed to an inn or auberge, where travellers can procure both lodging and refreshment (6) |
| SILHOUETTE | United put into shabby hotel ? that's in plot outline |
| DINGHY | Hothead gets into shabby boat (6) |
| BOOZEUP | Flow slowly into pub, rising for drinking session (5-2) |
| BENDER | Litre extracted from mixer for drinking session (6) |
| HITTHEBAR | Go for drinking session and almost score (3,3,3) |
| CAROUSING | Roughly shaking awake for drinking session (9) |
| BINGE | Begin getting around for drinking session (5) |
| LADETTES | Colloquial term for young women who enjoy boisterous social drinking sessions (8) |
| STIRLING | Move liquid around swimmer in castle environs (8) |
| SIPHON | A device used to move liquid from one container to another (6) |
| ENDUSERS | British put off drinking sessions bringing in American consumers |
| LADETTE | Young woman who boisterously engages in heavy drinking sessions (UK informal) |
| BOUTS | Periods of illness or drinking sessions |
| WIMP | Chicken wings in many pubs for starters |