Aslac @89, I’m American and had a pretty good suspicion what the phrase meant. Also, I really liked the “to a T” clue in today’s. I also learned a couple of new words, or new meanings to familiar words at least, so thanks for that, Brendan.
It actually felt a bit like an American semi cryptic .. is that fair comment ? My sister lives in Texas and I have difficulty explaining ‘cryptic’ to her . I’ve often wondered if there are solvers of uk style in the USA . Now I have at least an answer to that.