| KIR | - royal; French cocktail based on a measure of creme de cassis topped up with champagne (3) |
| BABAR | Royal French elephant of children's books and TV |
| GINSLING | A cocktail based on a juniper-flavoured spirit mixed with fruit juice, similar to a Singaporean variety (3,5) |
| RUMPUNCH | Alcoholic cocktail based on a spirit originally from Jamaica (3,5) |
| BUCKETFULS | Pails topped up with bucks, for flute playing (10) |
| FULCRUM | Pivot that's topped up with bread? (7) |
| SPRITZER | White wine topped up with soda water (8) |
| TOP | Burned layer of creme brulee |
| MAITAI | A cocktail based on light rum with added curacao and fruit juices (3,3) |
| EVE | New Year's ___ (celebration with champagne toasts) |
| GRASSHOPPER | Iced cocktail of creme de menthe, creme de cacao, and cream (11) |
| SLING | Cloth worn around the body to support a baby; a type of catapult; or, a cocktail based on gin and fruit juice (5) |
| SLIDER | Word for one who skids or slips through loss of traction; a luger or skater; a gliding door, lever or part; a miniature hamburger; a flat mule or slipper; or, a block of creme glacee, sandwiched betwe |
| HOLLYHOCK | Related to cotton, cacao and hibiscus, a self-sowing cottage garden plant with tall stems of cream, peach, scarlet or creme de cassis flowers (9) |
| TZADDIQ | Spiritual leader from time unknown put on a measure of intelligence |
| STINGER | Cocktail of creme de menthe and brandy |
| GALLON | Girl left on a measure of petrol (6) |
| LYMPH | Heartless lady, on a measure of speed, secreted bodily fluid? (5) |
| IMPERIAL | Risk taking on a measure of this type |
| KIRRIEMUIR | French cocktail middle of spring with Aussie runner starts to interest rural Angus town (10) |
