| STINGO | Poor sot swallows gin perhaps or this |
| HINGE | Depend on when he swallows gin cocktail (5) |
| IMPOSTURE | Poor sot taken in by filthy deception (9) |
| INGEST | Swallow gin cocktail, then set off |
| CONTAINING | Swallow gin cocktail - is that holding back? (10) |
| GOINGON | Continuously nagging goon to swallow gin cocktail (5,2) |
| NEGRONI | Gin, vermouth, Campari cocktail... Reno gin, perhaps! (7) |
| ASSIGN | Distribute gin, perhaps, by a ship (6) |
| SPEEDTRAP | One for the road - a quick gin, perhaps? (5,4) |
| WHITESPIRIT | Colourless gin perhaps used in mixing paints |
| SPIRIT | Tears back to get vermouth and gin perhaps? |
| TOPING | Drinking a great deal of the best gin, perhaps |
| RUMMY | Like a drink? Gin perhaps? |
| INGOING | Making entry, architect loses heart, needing gin, perhaps |
| BURNINGOUT | Consume gin, perhaps, if getting exhausted through overwork (7,3) |
| MINGY | My consumption of gin, perhaps, is parsimonious (5) |
| PINING | Wasting with gin, perhaps, hurry up in front (6) |
| WAINWRIGHT | He made wagons with raw gin perhaps (10) |
| SPEEDING | Having methedrine with gin perhaps may be breaking the law |
| HOPING | Optimistic of swilling gin, perhaps, at the dance (6) |