| LESSENING | Reducing lesson, or so we hear, on gin cocktail (9) |
| CHICANING | Sophisticated article on gin cocktail leads to old form of cheating (9) |
| DYESTUFFS | Colourings fade, we hear, on materials (9) |
| HONEYMOON | B&B we hear, on for post-nuptial vacation. (9) |
| ACCENTING | Stressing about Bill's foreign money going on gin rummy (9) |
| RUNNYMEDE | Free-flowing drink, we hear, on Thames |
| NONVOTING | Unable to say yea or nay, when one's left out of 'no VAT on gin' scheme (3-6) |
| ALARMBELL | A ring of pearl, we hear, on and off by the sound of it! (5,4) |
| BROADGRIN | Local woman from New York on gin outside, reading with smile from ear to ear (5,4) |
| SATIATE | Say, she ate (or so we hear) to fill up beyond capacity (7) |
| RELIEVE | Provide comfort to the real Eve, or so we hear (7) |
| ROASTED | Baked in rows, Ted (or so we hear) (7) |
| TREATED | Give medical care to tree, Ted, or so we hear (7) |
| OAR | Paddle, or so we hear (3) |
| ALIGN | Make a line, or so we hear? (5) |
| SORGHUM | Grain is cause of sore gum, or so we hear (7) |
| SCHEMER | Plotter has ski, Ma, or so we hear (7) |
| AERATE | Put bubbles in what heir ate, or so we hear (6) |
| UNITE | Join up with you, Knight, or so we hear (5) |
| EXCEEDS | Surpasses the quality of eggs, seeds, or so we hear (7) |
