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Everyman 4079 - 22 December 2024 - for the Guardian
Across
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Wild misery drinking drop of Drambuie: it’s only partly sweet (4-3)
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Appetizing cabbage stuffed with quark on a regular basis (7)
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Cultivated pasturage but no time for mangetout (5,3)
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Urge nephew to get round, grand festive booze (6)
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In speech, would you let Everyman drink? (3,3)
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Adieu! Eve’s off: this calls for strong drink! (3,2,3)
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Behind boozer, fatso that’s often steaming (6,7)
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Greens, then fruitcake and fried pâtisserie item (8)
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Somewhat sombre, a stockbroker’s bust (6)
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One particular ticket-seller vocally eschewed home cooking (3,3)
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One opening function, first I reveal curry (8)
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Pupils nervously bottling beer (7)
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Judge with mounds of fat, heading off for desserts (7)
Down
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Creepy-crawly, one in which you find the Spanish caviare (6)
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Coriander? Instead, linguistically American name that’s rife online, primarily! (8)
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It’s useful for Yorkshire puddings left out in the rain, perhaps (8)
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Golden Gate – first, some cake! (6)
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Meaty sandwich ingredient that might be Old Norse (6)
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Evidently hungry, doctor taking first slice of cake, fresh out of the oven (8)
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Too bad! Kept a vulgar jacketed item (5,6)
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Flings cut short, stopped by questionable charmer (8)
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An apéritif or 10? No, mate, on reflection (8)
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Reserve cash for summer treat (3,5)
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German to wake up and complain (6)
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Woody spice – prized item – cask sent up (6)
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Prepare round ball that’ll cleanse your palate (6)