| DACHA | Beginning to drink a tea in Boris's country cottage? |
| BOBBY | Policeman in Boris's first campaign sacking 50 (5) |
| BOWER | Literary word for a country cottage or summer house; a shady place in a garden or wood; or, a lady's private boudoir in a medieval castle (5) |
| PARASITE | A hanger-on found at a tea in Paris |
| VERDANT | Lush beginning to drink in bustling tavern (7) |
| SIDEDRUM | Players beginning to drink liquor? Just one in the percussion section (4,4) |
| GATEAU | Cake for a tea in the middle of August (6) |
| NOEND | Lots light up, beginning to drink (2,3) |
| DOVER | After beginning to drink, finished port |
| YARD | Beam around, beginning to drink quantity of ale |
| DRASTIC | Desperate Dr Crane's beginning to drink wine |
| STAGGERED | ... shocked short theatre actor beginning to drink (9) |
| DODDER | Move unsteadily after beginning to drink more rum |
| BOWYER | Yen to stay in country cottage, perhaps, one provided for the Archers? |
| POTABLE | It's OK to drink a little bit, abiding in a bar (7) |
| CEYLON | Old country cottage after vacation only to be rebuilt (6) |
| THATCH | Roofing for a country cottage (6) |
| ICE | Force to drink a disgusting Smirnoff beverage, in bro-speak |
| ROOFTOP | Mean to turn to drink a lot: it’s on the house! |
| WINEBAR | Where to drink a brew in, possibly (4,3) |
