Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

5a. Drink and smoke turning into a layabout
SLUGGARD

11a. Drink, as tea may be
IN ONE'S CUPS

24a. Courteous chap born not on the right side of the tracks
MANNERLY

25a. The epitome of coolness, one copper shed burden
CUMBER

4d. He's left awful Jack, who's gone on an excursion?
TRIPPER

14d. Burden managing director with record lifting the biggest prize
GOLD MEDAL

23d. Ordinary goat's milk cheese, mostly acceptable.
CHEVRON

Parses for the above please.

4d, Jack t(he) Ripper.

5 Slug, drink and Gard is Drag, smoke, backwards/turning up.

11 'Drunk' would work better for the double definition, I think.

25 As cool as a ccucumber, the epitome of coolness, drop the Cu, Copper shed, so Cumber, burden.

11, Should it be "drunk" rather than "drink"?
In one's cups means drunk.

For 11a....clue says 'drink', not drunk.

Anyone got the others yet?

It's "Drink"...

Because Slug means drink, as in eg he took a slug from the bottle.

Cancel all that.... looking at wrong clue.
Yes, for 11a it does say DRUNK in the clue...my mistake.

20a. Ivy League university's finishing school?
ETON

24a. Tunic left behind by Canterbury pilgrims
TABARD

18d. Letter about wine relaxing relations
DETENTE

22d. Patience counts as one works
OPERA

Parses for the above please.

22d Patience is an opera (one work) by Gilbert and Sullivan

18d letter D (Dee) around Tent (a wine)