| INTHEOPENAIR | Out and about, trying to get a claret jug to display |
| CANVASS | Propose for discussion about trying to get ex's, say? (7) |
| BREW | "Strange ___" (1983 movie about trying to get free beer) |
| ESCAPE | He paces about trying to get away from it all (6) |
| UPSTAIRS | "The older you get, the more 'mindfulness' becomes about trying to remember why you came _ ": Victoria Coren Mitchell (8) |
| WELLMEANT | Might we tell man about trying to be helpful? (4-5) |
| RELATE | Tell about trying to head off the prelate (6) |
| NIGHTMOVES | Bob Seger hit about "trying to lose the awkward teenage blues" |
| BORAGE | A mildly cucumber-flavoured herb with azure, cerulean or sky-blue star-shaped flowers beloved by bumblebees and honey bees and used to garnish a claret/Pimm's cup (6) |
| ALACARTE | A claret and a rum, as chosen by diner (1,2,5) |
| SEWERAGE | Wise man takes jug to be a drainage system |
| NEWER | Later taking a jug to the Nag's Head |
| CAREER | ___ planning: trying to get a good job and progress in life, etc (6) |
| ROLLINGPIN | Equipment belonging to baker trying to get a rise, but short of time, on peg |
| SAYANYTHINGMONK | ... trying to get a friar to violate his vow of silence? |
| TROLL | Online commenter who's just trying to get a rise out of people |
| MOUSSELINE | French semi-opaque fabric; a claret goblet made of very thin glass of the same name; a light frothy hollandaise for asparagus; or, a creme patissiere-like whip for pastries (10) |
| RUBYPORT | A claret-coloured Aquilegia vulgaris... and fortified wine (4,4) |
| BREWERY | Right jug to fill beside drinks maker (7) |
| ELS | Name engraved on the Claret Jug in 2002 |
