| OBSTETRIC | Old bitters drunk cold, relating to happy event |
| NOETIC | Sick note for one with cold relating to one's head (6) |
| RICEWINE | Comic Ernie Wise, half-cut, having drunk cold eastern beverage (4,4) |
| SOUR | Almost certain to include old bitter |
| BIRETTA | A bitter drunk - it may go to cardinal's head |
| RANCOROUS | Bitter, drunk sour, binds one, I say (9) |
| LIBRETTI | Large bitter drunk by head of Indigo Books |
| WATERINGHOLE | Pub with ale gone unfortunately, last of bitter drunk (8,4) |
| ASTRINGENT | Bitter drunk neat, tucked into by saint with halo, say |
| CELEBRATION | Festivity to mark a happy event (11) |
| POSTNATAL | Letters to province after the happy event (9) |
| LABOURPAINS | Works to contain irritation suffered before the happy event (6,5) |
| EXPECTING | Is looking forward to a happy event (9) |
| CARS | Loser to Happy Feet at the 2007 Oscars |
| HALCYON | Any loch construction leads to happy and peaceful time (7) |
| LOVEMATCH | Zero equal to happy marriage (4,5) |
| HAIR | Musical intro to happy tune (4) |
| LAD | Good riddance to happy and stable employee |
| NEIGHBOUR | Sit next to Happy Hour binger briefly (9) |
| ANYWHERE | Introduction to "Happy New Year" composed in unspecified place |
