| LOOPY | Like some handwriting ... or tipplers |
| INKCAP | A mushroom in the genus Coprinus, such as the lawyer's wig, shaggy mane or tippler's bane that deliquesces into black liquid (3-3) |
| SCRIPT | Cursive handwriting, or printed type in this manner; an orthography; or, an actor or director's copy of a film or play's dialogue or text (6) |
| FLOURISH | Mass of blossom on a fruit tree; an elaborate or flowery passage of words; a grandiose fanfare; or, an ornamental embellishment in handwriting or scrollwork (8) |
| CURLICUE | A fancy twist or pigtail-like motif found in architecture, calligraphy, design, handwriting or scrollwork (8) |
| SPIDERY | Agent defending awfully dire characteristic of some handwriting? (7) |
| LIGATED | Tightly bandaged some handwriting? (7) |
| SCRAWL | Word for carelessly scribbled, illegible or untidy handwriting; or, a letter penned in this manner (6) |
| ITALIC | Relating to slanting handwriting or type (6) |
| CACOGRAPHY | Bad handwriting or spelling, as any fule kno |
| SPRAWL | A spread of one's limbs, handwriting or of urban buildings, for example (6) |
| ASTI | Overseas tipplers taking some sparkling wine (4) |
| JUICER | A cider press, lemon squeezer, reamer or other fruit-essence extractor; a dipso, tippler, toper or wino; or, with "lime", a dated somewhat-disparaging nickname for a British sailor/person (6) |
| WINOS | Big tipplers |
| BEEFEEDERGIN | Booze-for-workers supplier that sounds good to tipplers? |
| AFEW | What tipplers may have |
| DRIERS | Tipplers lacking guts could become tumblers, say |
| SOTS | Heavy tipplers |
| FORHEAVENSSAKE | Why Japanese tipplers anticipate the afterlife? |
| BOOZECRUISE | Tipplers' sea adventure |