The French, OK, are into fizzy water in abundance (4,7) _ _ _ _ /O _ I _ R _ _ . Can only see OMICRON for the 2nd word, so may have some letter/s wrong. TIA :)
Plastic bag finally forsook for good (best) (8) _ A _ E _ _ _ I. WATERSKI fits, but that is not the correct answer - not convinced the "I" is correct. TIA...