| SOMETHINGISUP | There's a problem providing one of my drinks |
| ELVISPRESLEY | US music-maker providing one of the Ypres-seville variations (5,7) |
| SMOOTHIE | He is too hammered to have the first bit of my drink |
| MALTA | Island providing one with a kind of whiskey (5) |
| VOLTA | River providing one with a unit of electricity (5) |
| SYMPOSIUM | A Greek character, I soak up my drinks finally turning up here? |
| CUE | Verb that's a homophone of one of my initials |
| PACIFISM | Retired female of indeterminate status providing one better alternative to violence (8) |
| SIGNIFICATION | Importance of indication providing one positive particle (13) |
| IMPETUS | I'm a favourite American providing one with push (7) |
| BEJABERS | My drinks will be laced with punch |
| GINRUMMY | My drinks are served before game (3,5) |
| SODAS | Big deal, getting my drinks (5) |
| STRATUM | Layer of pastry returned - there's a problem about it (7) |
| RUMMY | My drink before a card game |
| ATEA | "I'll have _ ___, please." (Orange Pekoe is my drink of choice) |
| SISTER | In need of a rest, I left Swansea in order to go and stay with one of my relatives (6) |
| BETTISCOMBE | I got a bit drunk in the Boar's Head in Etsome, and one of my chums had to arrange to drive me back to my place near Broadwindsor (11) |
| ARBUS | "I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do-that was one of my favorite things about it-and when I first did it, I felt perverse." She was an American photographer, and she remains best |
| THELESSERUANTTILLYS | A second, but smaller, restaurant owned by one of my relatives? |