| BINGE | A bout of excessive eating or drinking is about to begin (5) |
| ELTON | Singer ___ John who is about to begin a three-year farewell tour |
| BINGES | Bouts of excessive eating or drinking (6) |
| SLURP | Make a loud sucking noise when eating or drinking (5) |
| RENNE | French word for a dance in which participants move in a circle; a bout of conversation; or, a style of script (5) |
| SOCKS | In early English classical theatre, what did actors pull up to indicate a different style of play was about to begin? (5) |
| TASTE | Sample by eating or drinking (5) |
| RENEW | Wren was about to begin excavating to do renovations (5) |
| SURFEIT | Sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking (7) |
| AISLE | Beer drinking, is this a way? (5) |
| ECOLI | This leading cafe near the centre of Exmouth has had a lie spread about it, that it was responsible for a bout of food poisoning (1.4) |
| SPOON | Originally a chip of wood, later a utensil in various sizes for eating or serving boiled eggs, caviar, grapefruit, mustard, salt, soup, tea etc (5) |
| SPREE | Peers in a bout of reckless amusement (5) |
| TOUCH | Scoring hit in a bout of competitive fencing (5) |
| MISER | I'm about to begin serving, Scrooge! |
| ENTER | Start a bout of dysentery! (5) |
| PINED | Battled a bout of homesickness |
| EXCESS | A lack of moderation, especially in eating or drinking (6) |
| OVERINDULGENT | Prone to eating or drinking to excess (13) |
| BOX | A topiary shrub/tree; a receptacle of wood or cardboard; a bout of fisticuffs; or, a television set (3) |
