| BRINK | Verge of putting bourbon initially on ice (5) |
| PRESERVE | Keep Pimm's initially on ice (8) |
| NEARS | Is on the verge of making contact with new listeners (5) |
| ABOUT | Almost on the verge of (5) |
| LEDGE | Fifty on the verge of the shelf (5) |
| LEMON | Car on the verge of a breakdown |
| PATER | Old man, head on verge of retirement |
| TEARY | On the verge of crying |
| EXULT | Crow by last month on verge of extinction |
| BRISK | The edge, border or verge of a steep place (5) |
| TWEEN | Kid on the verge of adolescence |
| BENDY | Flexible objective kept by those on the verges of bankruptcy (5) |
| BREAKPOINT | Come out east, say, on verge of gaining upper hand (5,5) |
| MATCHPOINT | A final stage in racket sports in which a player is on the verge of winning (5,5) |
| CLIP | Head of coalition on verge of strike (4) |
| HAIRLINE | SAS perhaps on brink of triumph and verge of shock (8) |
| GAMEPOINT | Willing to suggest being on the verge of victory (4,5) |
| VANISHINGPOINT | An inviting shop built on verge of disappearance (9,5) |
| READYFORBED | On the verge of retirement? (5,3,3) |
| IMBEGINNINGTO | A standard self-observation you might make on the verge of solving this clue? (2,9,2,3,3,5) |
