| NOTONES | ___ cup of tea |
| AMEAN | "You make ___ cup of coffee!" |
| GRAIL | Holy ___, cup of Christ (5) |
| DAVIS | ___ Cup of tennis |
| ELIYAHU | Kos ___ (cup of wine at the Seder table) (7) |
| TASTE | The faculty of discerning beauty, merit or a high aesthetic standard in art; the sensation or perception of flavour; a small sample of food or wine to try; or, one's "cup of tea" (5) |
| BAG | Cup of tea... or something in a cup of tea |
| MANSFIELD | Pen name of the author of short stories including How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped, The Garden Party, A Cup of Tea and The Doll's House (9) |
| BREW | Word for a cup of tea, a ferment, a mash, a witch's potion or a zymotic beer of barley or wheat, all boiling down to the ancient idea of bubbling, burning, effervescing and heat (4) |
| IDIOMS | "Piece of cake" and "cup of tea" |
| DEMITASSE | Cup of tea missed in state of confusion |
| ELEVENSES | Reg leaving new version of Greensleeves for a cup of tea mid-morning? (9) |
| THREE | Represented by 'cup of tea' in a game of bingo (5) |
| DIGESTIVE | Variety of biscuit eaten with a cup of tea or crushed for a cheesecake base (9) |
| CASSATT | Impressionist friend of Edgar Degas who painted The Cup of Tea, The Boating Party and Young Mother Sewing (7) |
| TEABAG | Small porous sachet with tea leaves for making a cup of tea (6) |
| CHALICE | Cup of tea and bit of cake, but no starter (7) |
| BRUNEI | State of cup of tea - almost ready, so it's said |
| PREFERENCE | After start of picnic, mention cup of tea? (10) |
| OFT | Many times it's taken out of a cup of tea! (3) |
