| Word after "energy" or "soft" |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Get lit, maybe |
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| Take a shot, e.g. |
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| Take in liquid |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Cocktail or mocktail, e.g. |
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| Doctor takes what's in his pen ___ it may well intoxicate! (5) |
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| Throw one back, say |
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| "Can I buy you a ___?" (words heard at a bar) |
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| Tea, coffee or squash, eg (5) |
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| Potable substance (5) |
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| Not participate in Dry January |
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| Take in liquid through the mouth (5) |
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| Consume beer, e.g. |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 May 2025 |
| 500 on frozen arena combat hydration? |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 May 2025 |
| Part of a round at the bar |
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| Swallow liquid |
Mirror Classic |
09 Mar 2025 |
| What a writer needs following drive - booze |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Eat Me, _ Me (5) |
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| Doctor taking writing fluid as refreshment (5) |
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| Take in liquid |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Five hundred are on the ice: one can take it in (5) |
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| Assuage thirst (5) |
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| Do this when you are thirsty (5) |
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| I ___-- Wine, Adele song from her album 30 (5) |
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| Liquid refreshment |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Swallow from icy area east of Germany (5) |
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| The Smoker You _ ... (5) |
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| Take a swig, say |
Universal |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Possibly shot medic (5) |
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| Liquid, or to a doctor, fluid (5) |
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| Doctor takes writing fluid as beverage! (5) |
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| "No meat, no - will I give thee,/For Jesus Christ his sake" (5) |
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| Liquor for doctor in the capital of Kenya (5) |
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| Swallow blue fluid, under doctor (5) |
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| Imbibe |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Lassi or eggnog |
Universal |
14 Dec 2024 |
| (To) swallow liquid (5) |
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| Father Jack's demand for accompaniment to food in series with Michael Barry and Jilly Goolden (5) |
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| Doctor a fluid that someone will swallow (5) |
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| Something to nurse, maybe |
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| Hit the bottle, say |
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| PlusWord No 821 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Tab, e.g., or something on a tab |
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| Doctor taking cuttlefish fluid for booze (5) |
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| Provision that's the counterpart of 5-Down |
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| One swig (5) |
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| Medico's liquid could be tea perhaps (5) |
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| Martini or milk |
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| Take in liquid (5) |
Puzzler Backwords |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Quench your thirst: have a - |
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| Doctor takes what's in his pen - it may well intoxicate! (5) |
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| Give the doctor writing fluid to swallow (5) |
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| Shirley Temple or Ginger Rogers, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Imbibe |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Imbibe |
The Times Concise |
22 Apr 2024 |
| Neck doctor needs it to write with (5) |
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| Shirley Temple, for one |
New York Times |
02 Apr 2024 |
| 500 at frozen arena effect hydration |
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| Beverage for doctor at home with king |
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| Cocktail or beer, e.g. |
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| Starchy potion? (5,5) |
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| In Never Give A Sucker An Even Break, WC Fields said, "I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to ... That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for" |
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| Hop water or watermelon seltzer, e.g. |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Beverage |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Swallow liquid (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Dec 2023 |
| "Eat ___ Man Woman," 1994 Ang Lee movie about the family life of a semi-retired chef |
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| Doctor writing stuff that's a source of befuddlement to many |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Aug 2023 |
| "Buy you a ___?" (question you may hear at a pub) |
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| Have a cocktail |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Cocktail or beer, e.g. |
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| Negroni, for one |
Universal |
10 Mar 2023 |
| Round part |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Have coffee or tea |
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| Shirley Temple, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2022 |
| You'll need this to start on all sides today? Spirit! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Nov 2021 |
| Enjoy some horchata, say |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2021 |
| Coffee or tea |
The Washington Post |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Coffee or tea |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Manhattan, for one |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2021 |
| Another word for beverage, also central to this grid's theme |
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| Swallow (a liquid) |
The Times Concise |
27 Feb 2021 |
| Eg, coffee or tea |
The Times Concise |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Risk losing one's license, say |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2021 |
| Potable, so to speak |
Jonesin |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Margarita or martini |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2020 |
| Libation |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Have some soda, say |
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| Bar order |
Premier Sunday |
08 Dec 2019 |
| ...to doctor in shack at the rear to have |
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| Happy hour offering |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Screwdriver, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Happy hour offering |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Moscow mule or White Russian |
Universal |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Have coffee or a cocktail |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2019 |
| Gimlet or screwdriver |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Delicate kick about right for vodka, perhaps? |
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| Screwdriver, e.g. |
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| Happy hour offering |
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| Gimlet or screwdriver |
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| Moscow mule or White Russian |
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| Sup |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Nov 2018 |
| See 25-Down |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2018 |
| See 25-Down |
The Washington Post |
24 Oct 2018 |
| "Can I buy you a ___?" (words heard at a bar) |
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| Doctor coloured liquid to get beer say |
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| Sombrero, e.g |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Take a sip |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Sombrero, e.g. |
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| See 25-Down |
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| Swig or sip |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Swig or sip |
The Washington Post |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Drive opens up delicate chip shot at the nineteenth? |
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| Wet one's whistle to take the edges off today, in short |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Jul 2017 |
| Zombie or flaming volcano |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2017 |
| Part of a Happy Meal |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Consume half of 11 across |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Feb 2017 |
| Part of a Happy Meal |
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| Swig or sip |
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| Zombie or flaming volcano |
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| Saloon order |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Sep 2016 |
| Cocktail |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2016 |
| Bar order |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Jul 2016 |
| Liquid refreshment |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2016 |
| Sangria or sarsaparilla |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Beverage |
Newsday |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Tom Collins or Harvey Wallbanger |
The Washington Post |
12 Jan 2016 |
| Cocktail |
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| Beverage |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Dec 2015 |
| Use a straw |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Savor, with ''in'' |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2015 |
| Beverage |
Family Time |
05 Apr 2015 |
| Savor, with "in" |
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| Use a straw |
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| Bend an elbow |
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| Tea and toast |
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| Tea and toast |
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| Quaff |
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| What you can't get if you pass the bar? |
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| Libation |
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| Libation |
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| Prohibition prohibition |
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| Concession-stand purchase |
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| Join in a toast |
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| Solution for 4-Down |
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| Wet your whistle |
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| It's a popular one with cruciverbalists! |
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| Milk or martini |
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| Imbibe |
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| Sangria or sarsaparilla |
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| Beverage |
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| Manhattan, for one |
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| Bend the elbow |
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| Happy hour order |
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| Have trouble passing the bar? |
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| Quaff |
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| Manhattan, for one |
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| Manhattan, for one |
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| Beverage |
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| Glass of milk, e.g. |
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| See 10-Down |
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| Beverage |
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| Prohibition prohibition |
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| Imbibe |
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| Sarsaparilla, e.g. |
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| Libation |
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| "Buy you a __?" |
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| Bar order |
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| "Buy you a __?" |
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| Wet your whistle |
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| Imbibe |
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| Quaff |
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| Imbibe |
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| Bend an elbow |
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| Beverage |
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| Beverage |
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| Manhattan, e.g. |
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| Lap up |
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| Shirley Temple, for one |
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| Manhattan, for one |
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| Manhattan, for one |
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| Imbibe |
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| Have some soda |
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| What each of the four long answers in this puzzle is |
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| Have a coffe |
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| Potation |
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| Wassail |
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| Toast follower |
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| Negus, e.g. |
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| Manhattan, e.g. |
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| Consummate a toast |
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| Shot |
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| One theme of Ibsen's "Ghosts." |
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| First word of famous poem, "To Celia." |
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| Wassail, for one. |
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| Tea or milk |
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| Pub fare |
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| Potation. |
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| Punch. |
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| Tea or milk. |
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| Join in a toast. |
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| Quaff. |
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| Respond to a toast |
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| The ocean (with "the"). |
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| The ocean: Slang. |
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| Slot machine item. |
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