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geting

9th May 2024, 05:00
Cashier has three weeks of summer left to kill (4)

3/4 of JUNE + K
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jono

9th May 2024, 06:44
I’ve thrown balls for my country, curve balls (4)

A baseball term apparently
jOnO -> jUnK
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simplesimon

9th May 2024, 08:09
Aristo - head scratching again over your @20.
Parse please. C&S
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jono

9th May 2024, 08:25
C&S I think this explains Aristo’s 86 reference…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
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simplesimon

9th May 2024, 08:49
Thanks Jono, that explains the first half - still scratching over the bulge bit 🤔😉
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jono

9th May 2024, 08:53
…oh, that’s more US slang I think, what a gent might have in his pants!
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simplesimon

9th May 2024, 09:00
Thanks Jono - just found it as a synonym. Well that’s expanded our knowledge- must use at the next Buckingham Palace garden party !
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aristophanes

9th May 2024, 10:39
Thanks, jono. Yes. See 2b.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty-six

The surface meaning is supposed to be age of course.

And junk is very commonly used for male genitalia. I wouldn’t use it at Drottningholm, but you might try it out at BP, ss. What the heck.
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simplesimon

9th May 2024, 15:43
Money for old rope? Ditch the former, the latter’s a hell of a tip (4)
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bacchanal

10th May 2024, 12:01
*** VOTES PLEASE ***
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