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Indulge in drink, losing head (6)
Increases in inflation, as young take on politicians before university (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PUP (young) round MPS (politicians) + U (university) – there seems to be a singular / plural discrepancy here (should be ‘young takes’?)
Party? Good! Know direction of line for setter's home? (3,6)
Consummate non-consumer consumed by contents of query (5)
Alcoholic drink flavoured with fruit and rose, perhaps (5)
Concentrated in core of listeners' riddle, say (9)
Falls in Arsenal's initial profit reversed by the Gunners (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal of A[rsenal] + GAIN (profit) + RA (Royal Artillery – Gunners – Arsenal’s nickname)
Put an end to drink (6)
Troops drop GI, taking odds for leader (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Odd letters of TrOoPs DrOp Gi
Lubricates drunken serenade, endlessly filling empty glass (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (drunken) of SER[en]A[d]E minus ‘end’ in G[las]S
Lacking will to use US highway, cutting out middle of journey (9)
Boatman's last to provide a new start to illuminate the dark (5)
American cold drink initially stirred then drunk (5)
Vampire beaten by sides of ricotta with fresh vegetables (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (beaten) of VAMPIRE + R[icott]A
Quietly removing wrappers from fancy baked food (7)
Contend this would produce a drink when legless (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AL[leg]E, legless, gives ALE (drink)
Down
A lot of money perhaps leads to embezzlement — special investigator now joins fray (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WAD (a lot of money, perhaps) + initial letters of Embezzlement Special Investigator Now
Drink contents of jug instead of a shot potentially from this (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L[a]GER (drink) with the ‘a’ replaced by [j]U[G] – a luger is a type of pistol
Too much in the drink? (9)
Boatman's enemies changing direction in exercise (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PI[r]ATES (boatman’s enemies) with r (right) changing to L (left)
Regret being drunk on rum (5)
Regulate misuse of pesticide — it'd cut corners etc (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SET (regulate) + an anagram (misuse) of PES[ti]CI[d]E minus it’d – a set piece, in football, is ‘a carefully planned and executed piece of teamwork at a corner or free kick’
Trouble initially stopping, cut back and left (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T[rouble] in PARED (cut back)
Article on drink: a cause of pain (6)
Reversal in clue to react? (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REACT could be clued as RE (about) + ACT (turn)
Everyone in this land alone, confused (3,3,3)
Struggle with drink, its source concealing painful extremes (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GRAPE (source of drink) round P[ainfu]L
Perhaps Irish saga elicits something occult (6)
Surfeit starts to show at one over eight, say (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S[how] + AT + I (one) + (over, in a down clue) ATE (eight, say)
Raise drink! Another drink! A lot of drinking (4-2)
Sound like a faulty chainsaw, cutting out first in … (5)
… murder of bargee, not a diver (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (murder) of B[a]RGEE
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