| SKINFUL | Wicked, getting king a lot to drink (7) |
| SNORKEL | Poles play role, getting king a breathing aid (7) |
| AWARD | Give king a lot of money bags |
| DEVILRY | Wicked, getting into unproductive mischief (7) |
| BALANCED | Well-adjusted but wicked, getting clean away |
| BADMINTON | Wicked getting fortune playing sport (9) |
| QUARTET | Group has a lot to drink with alien (7) |
| BOTTLES | Loses nerve, having a lot to drink (7) |
| JAYWALK | Judge always overturned statute, getting king dangerously cross |
| PHARAOH | Old King, a King enthralled by power and sudden pronouncements (7) |
| ARAGORN | A festivity in progress involving King, a Tolkien character (7) |
| REDWINE | King, a Northumbrian one, first to enjoy alcoholic drink (3,4) |
| SOLOMON | So, behold! A Scotsman is king, a wise move! (7) |
| MUBARAK | In uprising, king, a queen and a poor old African leader (7) |
| PISTOL | Having had a lot to drink, returned with a gun |
| REHOBOAM | A lot to drink as engineers tramp over a mile (8) |
| GALLON | Force everyone to take on a lot to drink (6) |
| LITUP | Started to smoke, having had a lot to drink (3,2) |
| BERNESE | Be seen oddly carrying king, a Swiss citizen (7) |
| ORCHARD | I am leaving old king a fertile piece of land (7) |