| CHUCKUP | Twain hero, beset by drink, is to give in |
| CEDE | Sounds like a seed, but it really is to give in! (4) |
| DISTRAUGHT | One on street beset by drink, driven mad (10) |
| BOOBYPRIZE | Undesirable award beside pair, one beset by drink (5,5) |
| BEEFIER | Fighter that is captivated by drink is more muscular (7) |
| RELIEF | To help people in need is to give what (6) |
| ONSIDE | Overcome by drink, is backing daughter's legal position? (6) |
| ADDSUP | Dad made tipsy by drink is understandable (4,2) |
| AMPLE | One policeman ensnared by drink is plenty (5) |
| APOSTLE | Preacher consumed by drink is pale (7) |
| UNDERLAY | Governed by air, its function is to give resilience under foot (8) |
| DILEMMA | Problem is to give cover back to Jane Austen book (7) |
| ABDICATE | Sailor, one caught in engagement, is to give up (8) |
| SOYA | Mark Twain hero's relation to a bean (4) |
| GREENPAPER | What government proposes is to give the go-ahead to a journal (5,5) |
| PROPERS | "Respect," Aretha Franklin: "And all I'm asking in return, honey/Is to give me my..." (7) |
| DEFENDER | Supporter is to give way about finale (8) |
| PRELATE | Bishop perhaps is to give foolish talk about Hell regularly |
| LIE | First look that is to give one a false impression (3) |
| SEEING | Since one is to give voice about ends of eventide (6) |
