| TAKESIDES | Prefer a party with a mix of steak and fish (4,5) |
| BETRAYED | Sounds like steak and fish starters for evening dinner sold down the river (8) |
| SKATE | Cooked steak and fish |
| AWAKENING | Coming to a party with a new gin cocktail (9) |
| DUMPLINGS | Get rid of fish, first piece of steak and balls of dough (9) |
| ASSEMBLED | Met with a mix up and lost some blood (9) |
| TRIMMINGS | Old Lib-Dem leader tucks into lean bit of steak and sauces etc (9) |
| BLUEGRASS | What type of music originated in Kentucky and is a mix of the music of Appalachia, gospel and jazz? (9) |
| ANCILLARY | Supporting African party with a complaint on a railway (9) |
| SKYSCRAPER | High-rise address with a mix of perky and crass characters (10) |
| CHINESELANTERNS | Makes arrangement to enhance dress, oddly with a mix of tinsel and decorative lights |
| GRABBAG | Party container with a mix of small items |
| ORCHESTRA | Often featuring 20 or more violinists, a classical musical ensemble comprising a mix of string, brass, woodwind and percussion instrumentalists (9) |
| SNAKEBITE | Animal wound, a mix of cider and lager (9) |
| POTPOURRI | Rip up root, scattering a mix of petals and leaves (9) |
| LINOLEUM | Hard-wearing floor covering made by coating canvas with a mix of linseed oil and fillers (8) |
| REALDOUBT | The party, with a butler flitting about, gives one definite qualms |
| DOMINICAN | Monk in party with a little tinnie (9) |
| DOARUNNER | Improperly leave party with a junior employee (2,1,6) |
| ROAN | Horse with a mix of coat colors |
