Drinking and Not Drinking 4
◆ · By Melanie Branton · Published 2025-03-05T06:48:28.166Z
Constructor's Note
udging by the amount of references to drinks and drinking in cryptic crosswords, most compilers are rather fond of the sauce. RUM, DRUNK and DRUNKEN can all be clues to ANAGRAMS. A DRUNK or A DRINKER can be a SOT, a DIPSO(MANIAC) but, above all, a LUSH. A PUB can signal the letter combo PH (public house), but it can also be a BAR, a LOCAL, a BOOZER etc. The letter combo TT, meanwhile, is often clued by NON-DRINKER, ABSTAINER, ON THE WAGON etc.
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Witness teetotaller in drunk seat (6)
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Across
- 1AWitness teetotaller in drunk seat (6)
- 4APub in speciality food store is where oracle may be found (6)
- 5AMelanie Branton is in street drunk (6)
Down
- 1DDreads drunken snakes (6)
- 2DLean drunkenly in abstainer's embrace - it's a skill (6)
- 3DPut drunk seer outside the pub and have a ball (6)