| SOT | All but drink up, I'm primarily somebody overdoing tipples |
| OVERLAP | More than manage to make ends meet, but drink too much |
| SALOONBAR | Shop stocks nothing but drink in here? |
| HYPERICUM | All fired up, I'm consuming copper shrub (9) |
| NOTGOTOOFAR | Avoid overdoing it, whipping up a Toronto fog! (3,2,3,3) |
| ITEASY | Eagles "So open up, I'm climbin' in, so take ___" |
| ERADICATE | Pull up - I'm risking going back to provide food right away |
| UMPIRED | Stood up, I'm terribly embarrassed (7) |
| HIMBO | A male pin-up, I'm enrolled by American TV network (5) |
| DRAT | Almost late after hold-up - I'm annoyed (4) |
| ABOMINATE | Hate to let up - I'm no different inwardly |
| INTHENICKOFTIME | Frequently banged up, I'm finally free at the eleventh hour |
| WAUGH | Arrogant writer originally stuck-up, I'm repulsed by that author (5) |
| ILLBEBOUND | Unwell, extremely brusque and tied up I'm sure (3,2,5) |
| GUILD | Get up, I'm leaving dramatically initially the organisation (5) |
| XENON | Kiss given to no one turning up -- I'm inert! (5) |
| APPAREBO | I shall turn up, I'm going to appear |
| OPTIMISM | Mops it up - I'm expressing hope (8) |
| DISMAL | Having left after the split- up, I'm sad and gloomy (6) |
| FORGIVEME | "I screwed up; I'm sorry" |
