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Jono.
Thanks for parsing the Everyman clue.
I know where the Queen Vic is but don't watch Eastenders or know much about cocktails!
I had the answer from the definition.

I did say on the Everyman thread that I thought the EYEBALLS clue was awful.

I've also quoted Shaw's "Man and Superman". Jack Tanner, the central character, has a Cockney chauffeur called "Henry Straker". Tanner introduces him to a friend as 'Enry". "No sir" Straker says "that would be Henery!".

Good luck ordering a highball anywhere in the East End!

...or a ‘Gin and It’ for that matter

Paul

I agree with Malone that SA/It is so dated. I have never heard either used, except in crosswords. I have worn pasties, but prefer to eat them.

jono

Thanks for your postings.

I have drunk a lot of gin, with various additions, but never with "it". Like Malone I have never heard anyone ask for it.

Malone

Yes homophones never work for everyone. I see on another thread that bhaji is supposed to sound the same as bargee. Not here. In local Indian restraunts, bhaji is pronounced more like "budgie".

Jono, Grunger, Jigjag

Thanks for the posts. My cup runneth over with one of today's clues...

Quarrel noisily in Baden-Baden? (3)

I haven't given the answer as I don't want to spoil things for anyone who hasn't yet tackled the puzzle.


PS I'll be away from the Forum for a while, I'm off to buy a huge pile of Rs, those seem essential...

That one's not even close, malone. Do sprinkle yours Rs liberally!

Thanks, Chris. R you sitting comfortably....?

There's rarely any respite during our supermarket trips. Recent, draconian regulations require every property to retain readily-accessible rations of Rs. Sainsburys' restocked their stores, receiving a rapturous response from yours truly.


I bought over 100 Rs, and threw caution to the wind, using many of them in the preceding paragraph.