| HENNESSY | Spiritless state, maybe, gets heat taken off with unknown brand of cognac |
| HERM | Island gets heat unit with temperature dropping (4) |
| HOOP | Scream with excitement having taken off with band |
| RUEFUL | Sorry about constant time taken off with awful flu (6) |
| KYOTO | Took off with unknown climate change protocol (5) |
| ERSATZ | Tears off with unknown substitute (6) |
| REMY | ___ Ma, rapper who formerly shared her stage name with a brand of cognac |
| REMYMARTIN | *Big brand of cognac (In this clue's answer, note letters 3-7) |
| RANKS | Was governor of prairie state maybe producing orders? |
| DENOMINATIONAL | Study contents of comic and state, maybe, that it relates to particular religion |
| GYMNAST | One trained in bars, maybe, gets many drunk with no end of wine (7) |
| ORPHAN | Ward of the state, maybe |
| COLORADOBEETLE | Perhaps King Edward's affliction or state, maybe, worker let out (8,6) |
| PAROLEVIOLATION | Failing a drug test or leaving the state, maybe |
| COLORADO | State maybe red according to its residents - all despite Obama's leadership |
| ANATOLE | France maybe gets the French to back a partnership of nations (7) |
| DIVERGES | One swimming off boat, maybe, gets on without introduction and alters course (8) |
| CHAPATI | Fellow at lunchtime maybe gets a bit of food |
| ISLES | Of land, one maybe gets less separate pieces (5) |
| SIDECAR | A "jaunting" pony-and-trap of rural Ireland; a one-wheeled passenger pod attached to a motorcycle; or, a classic cocktail of cognac and Cointreau/curacao with citrus juice (7) |
