Going Back for Seconds 2

Souvenir of bad moment taking Ecstasy (7)

Second type of coffee (7)

Second piece of timber is too much work (7)

Bitterness about second liquid measurements (7)

Short periodical takes a one-pound sack of letters (7)

Phlegmatic about second one in stage show with songs (7)

Weird loner holding article with nothing where those with bladder problems like to stay (4, 3)

Openly gay, mature second in power cuts (7)

SECOND and SECONDS are also much overused words in crossword clues. Usually, SECOND = either S or MO and SECONDS = SS, MOS, or perhaps SMO, MOS, MOMO etc, but compilers also like to use SECOND and SECONDS as the basis of wordplay in all their myriad meanings - A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME and PLACED BETWEEN FIRST AND THIRD, of course, but also SUPPORT (as in "I SECOND that motion"), ASSISTANT (especially in a duel), REQUISITION or TRANSFER (as in, "She's been seconded to the accounts department"), AN EXTRA HELPING, SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT GOODS etc If you enjoy my crosswords, please do check out the Cryptic Mystic's YouTube channel - a brilliant resource for beginner and developing cryptic crossworders, which has been kind enough to feature one of my puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic

3D got a laugh. Really fun solve!

Really enjoyed this one! Sometimes I know the answer before fully understanding the clue, and then afterwards I try to reverse engineer the answer haha.

Hahaha. We all do that - it's part of the fun

Phew, that was a workout but so fun! (Don't forget to tag as cryptic — and maybe beginner but I'm honestly not sure!)

Thank you. Aagh. I thought I had tagged it, but clearly I didn't save my tags. Thanks for the heads up

This took me far too long. I blame the beer :-)

If I were you, I'd blame the fiendish setter

Going Back for Seconds 2

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