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Satyen Nabar
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Wife is extremely kinky after drinking hard liquor (6) | 41 | 21 | {W + IS + K(-ink)Y} around H; wife= w, is= is, extremely kinky= ky (extreme letters), after drinking= cont ind, hard= h, defn= liquor |
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Abhay Phadnis
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Why taking boundless risks shows a strong spirit | 33 | 15 | WHY "taking" boundless rISKs = WH(ISK)Y; definition: a strong spirit |
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Textrous
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Ask why I got tipsy without a drink (6) | 25 | 15 | def: drink, anagrind: got tipsy, ASKWHYI* - A |
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Kaustav Datta
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Alcohol being illegal is why kids want fake IDs (6) | 21 | 12 | [is why kids]* - [IDs]* , want=del indicator, illegal and fake are anagrinds |
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Mona Sogal
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This is why king's intoxicated! (6) | 20 | 11 | This is def/ is why k*/ intoxicated is anagram indicator |
- The king is drunk from drinking whisky not because of whisky.
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Ramki Krishnan
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Say, Scotch is basically wonderful - however, it silently kills you (6) | 18 | 10 | Def = Say, Scotch (DBE) - acrostic clue |
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Tulika Das
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Drink some wine with heroin? Outright dangerous! (6) | 14 | 8 | Drink - def ; W + H + (-r)ISKY |
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Veera Raghavan
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Woman greeting son with extremely kindly spirit (6) | 12 | 9 | W HI S K…Y. Definition: spirit |
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Ganesh Raman
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Stir a bit of yogurt to get another fermented beverage | 12 | 9 | Stir = WHISK, a bit of yogurt = Y, Def by example on the right |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Man's extremely kinky after a little wine or alcohol (6) | 11 | 7 | Def: Alcohol, W (a little wine) + HIS (Man’s) + K..Y (Extremely kinky) |
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Why ski when sloshed with alcohol? (6) | 10 | 7 | (WHY SKI)*. Anagrind - when sloshed. Def - alcohol. |
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Mixer with unknown drink (6) | 9 | 7 | Mixer - Whisk, Unknown - Y, Drink (Definition) |
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Why is Potassium inside drink (6) | 8 | 8 | Def - drink, WH (IS K(potassium)) Y: isk inside why |
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For starters wild holidaymakers incessantly shout, keep yelling for drink (6) | 8 | 5 | Acrostic (indicated by 'For starters'). Definition: Drink |
- comma missing after starters
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Why is Kelvin excited to get drink? (6) | 6 | 6 | (WHY IS K)* with Kelvin = K as in temperature unit, excited as anagrind, drink = definition |
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Spirit lacks energy in Canada but has it in the U.S.? | 6 | 5 | Def: spirit. Clue plays on the regional spellings of (U.S.)whiskey/(Canada)whisky |
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Why is king brewing grain alcohol? (6) | 6 | 4 | Definition: Grain alcohol. Annotation: (WHY+IS+K) *. Brewing - Anagrind. King - K. |
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Why he is sloppily kissing you? For starters, check his bar tab for the answer (6) | 4 | 2 | Acrostic; def is last six words |
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Liquor with ham in spicy Kashmiri yakhni, for starters (6) | 2 | 2 | Ans- Whisky, Def - Liquor, Clue type - Acrostic, Indicator - for starters |
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Walz initially accompanies Harris (not arranged) to Kentucky for a strong drink (6) | 1 | 1 | W(alz) + H(arr.)IS + KY = a strong drink (arr. for arranged is standard abbr.) |
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WOW!! His kyboshing when consuming alcohol (6) | 1 | 1 | Telescopic (woWHISKYboshing) (indicator = when consuming) |
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Beat stranger for a drink (6) | 1 | 1 | Beat - whisk, stranger -y , Def - a drink |
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Why Kelvin is drunk | 1 | 1 | WHY K IS * drunk = anagram indicator; &lit |
- Kelvin is drunk from drinking whisky but not simply because whisky.
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Spirit strangely shy? Primarily why it's known. | | 0 | Spirit-def. [strangely]-ana. signal. SHY + [primarily] W{hy} I{t's} K{nown} = whisky |
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