Possible Clues:

• Mean; drunk
• One over the eight? A near thing
• Firmly fastened
• Hard to move; drunk
• Mean to get sloshed
• Local drunk has a habit of going missing when it's his round presumably
• Close to being the opposite of 13
• Snug, wings of goldfinch tucked into bird
• Drunk, but still tense?
• Drunk on leaving this evening