| GIVEUPTHEGHOST | Renounce spirit and stop working (4,2,3,5) |
| GIVEUP | Become dispirited and stop working (4,2,3,5) |
| ACTUP | Be mischievous and stop working. (3,2) |
| STRIKE | Find pound and stop working (6) |
| RETIRE | Engineers flag and stop working (6) |
| GRINDTOAHALT | Slow down and stop working (5,2,1,4) |
| TIDIES | Puts right if it gives up and stops working (6) |
| DANDIES | Swells once and stops working outside (7) |
| FAILS | Proves deficient and stops working (5) |
| PARODIES | Sends up the usual doughnut and stops working (8) |
| TEQUILASUNRISE | Nurse with qualities combining spirit and something softer? |
| GINGERBREADMAN | Spirit and beer drunk with grandma's biscuit |
| FORUM | Of and about spirit and where to purchase same (5) |
| IGNITED | Ted and I have some spirit and get lit up |
| EGGING | Adding yolks and whites to, say, spirit and finally drinking |
| DECORUM | The month to show both love and spirit and that considered seemly (7) |
| COWARD | Dramatist who wrote plays including Hay Fever, Blithe Spirit and the song Mad Dogs and Englishmen (6) |
| SOUR | Harsh in spirit and type of spirit drink with fruit juice |
| TURMOIL | Work hard and show spirit and you'll cause a disturbance (7) |
| SHAMAN | Person regarded as having access and influence between the spirit and living world (6) |
