| RUMPUNCH | Strange thing taken by a boxer as a drink (3,5) |
| ERASE | Knock out boxer as everyone gulps (5) |
| FIRSTHAND | Top thing taken by a poker player directly (5-4) |
| ORDER | Direct thing taken by a waiter? (5) |
| DUMBBELL | Used by a boxer without a ring (8) |
| TAKETHAT | Punchline, in a manner of speaking, suggested by a boxer? (4,4) |
| UPPERCUT | Higher reduction in price delivered by a boxer (8) |
| SUBORDER | Thing taken at a deli? |
| GLOVEBOX | Does it store things taken off your hands? (8) |
| EXAMPLES | Word for archetypes, epitomes, illustrations, instances to deter/warn, models to follow, paradigms, patterns, precedents or other things "taken out" to show or represent points (8) |
| OLDSARUM | 'As a drink in rotten borough |
| BEVERAGE | Gave beer out as a drink (8) |
| SMOOTHIE | Berries, mangoes, bananas, peaches etc blended with yogurt or milk as a drink (8) |
| APERITIF | Rum at pier provided, as a drink to whet one's appetite (8) |
| TOPPEDUP | Freshened, as a drink |
| NOTES | Things taken by those with class |
| COMMISSIONS | Puts into service things taken by agents (11) |
| LIBERTIES | Things "taken" by someone being very presumptuous |
| RAP | Word for rhythmic speech; a legal charge; or, a sharp blow, knock or strike, such as by a boxer's reach (3) |
| OATHS | Things taken by government officials |
