| GINSENG | Tonic, and what are drunk with tonic by English |
| CONFISCATE | Seize cafe's tonic by mistake (10) |
| GIN | Spirit drunk with tonic (3) |
| REALALE | All are drunk with English beer (4,3) |
| AMARETTOS | Drinks in the morning are drunk with time to reflect (9) |
| INCOGNITO | Unrecognisable gin mixed with tonic and a dash of orange |
| SHELLCOMPANIES | Corporations with little business activity, and what are formed by the circled letters |
| OXYMEL | From the Greek for "vinegar and honey", an ancient type of tonic and method of preserving herbs using the aforesaid sour and sweet ingredients that are reputed to have therapeutic value in their own r |
| BIGTOP | Have one gin and tonic and dance round the circus |
| SPICEBLENDS | Mixes such as garam masala and ras el hanout, and what are found in this puzzle's circles? |
| BOMBS | Tanks and what are directed at them (5) |
| TENORS | Choir section ... and what are missing from the starred clues |
| WORKAROUNDS | Ways to sidestep obstacles, and what are found in this puzzle's circles |
| CITRON | Finally, stir in fizzy tonic and lemon flavouring |
| CASCARA | Dried bark of a California buckthorn, used as a tonic and purgative (7) |
| UPTO | "And what are you ___?" |
| BOOKENDS | Items found on library shelves, and what are literally found in each set of circled letters |
| PENNAMES | Writers' aliases, and what are found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| SOAPBUBBLES | Products of a child's wand, and what are literally rising in this puzzle's circles |
| FOURSEASONS | Quattro stagioni pizza, and what are found in answers to asterisked clues (4,7) |
