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Weekend Peer Review 195

Welcome to our weekend competition to compose a cryptic clue to be judged by your fellow contestants. You may enter as many clues as you like, and everyone is welcome, particularly new entrants. Feel free to explain your clue if you think it will help, or to ask another entrant to parse their clue. However, please don't comment on the clues before voting closes.

Clues should be posted before noon (UK time) on Sunday the 30th of July, when voting opens. Voting closes at 8pm the same day.

This weekend’s challenge is:

ABSINTHE (8)

Have fun and good luck!

Weekend rules: Each entrant has six votes to allocate across any of one to six clues (no fractional votes allowed). For example, the allocation might be 3/2/1 for the top 3 clues, and many other allocations are possible. In the event of a tie, the number of first place votes will be taken into consideration (if those are equal, 2nd place votes, etc.).

Future setters should note that a complete list of words used previously in Clueless, Peer Review and Weekend Peer Review is available here https://tinyurl.com/4dzss5np

Someone has to post the old chestnut!

Sailors in the drink (8)

Please don't vote for it - it's not original.

Does overindulgence in this affect the tongue and make the heart grow fonder? (8)

This drink mixed in Elm St. establishment? (8)

(ABSINTHE ELM ST)* = ESTABLISHMENT

because composite anagrams have been such reliable vote-getters

Drink that Maketh the heart grow fonder? (8)

S-sound in the clue changed to TH, so do likewise in the answer.

Liqueur has swabs in their cups (8)

swab=clumsy fellow
cups = container indicator
in one's cups = drunk

Drink in the bars, getting smashed after dumping redhead (8)

Anag (INTHEBARS) without the R.

A michevous Irish spirit?

A (BANSHIE)*

AARGH! We really need an edit function! Or option to delete.. Nice idea (perhaps) but fodder wrong. Instead;

Mischevous true Irish spirit?

(BBC alert;)

Deviant Ben's habit; bash the bishop then drink (8)

(British English expression used as a “b” removal…)