Possible Clues:

• Assign; distribute
• Hand out drink -- see cat dipping into it
• Place everything and nothing with Blanchett
• Distribute drink around pub largely before time
• Conservative in Scots town emptied the place
• Dish out
• Assign or apportion
• Everyone scoffed about company returning award
• Place somewhere in Scotland full of clubs, note
• Better hand out the orders when the cockney says hello to Kate say