| ABSORBED | Was a sponge confusing "sober" with "bad"? (8) |
| WAGON | Place to be when you're sober, with comic performing (5) |
| STAID | Sober, with saintly assistance |
| DITTO | I'd turn sober with nought but the same (5) |
| ATTABOY | Addicts keeping sober, with flipping rowdy encouragement |
| DOTTINGTHE | Being thorough in doing the rounds sober with island left abandoned, say, on Stockton bridge? (7,3,2 |
| FLAN | A planchet; or, from "custard", word for a round cake first, later a tart; or, a sponge base with a sweet topping (4) |
| VICTORIA | Queen whose name was given to numerous things including an English plum, a decoration for bravery, an Australian state and a sponge cake sandwiched with jam and cream (8) |
| SOP | Absorb (as with a sponge), with "up" |
| TIPSY | -----cake; a trifle made of a sponge cake soaked in white wine and decorated with almonds (5) |
| SWISSROLL | A sponge cake spread with jam, cream or another filling and served in a cylindrical form (5,4) |
| LOOFAH | The interior of a dried fruit of a tropical plant used as a sponge for washing the body (6) |
| LEECH | An old word for a physician or healer; a medicinal hirudinean used in bloodletting; or, a sponge/vampire (5) |
| PANCAKEMAKEUP | Cosmetic applied with a sponge |
| WASH | Cleanse with a sponge here initially |
| SOPUP | Absorb, as with a sponge: 2 wds. |
| WIPEDUP | Cleaned with a sponge |
| WIPE | Clean with a sponge |
| DAB | Apply with a sponge |
| LOOFA | A sweet served up - it's a sponge |
