| ___ Halloween (pop-up store that sells spooky stuff) |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2026 |
| Alcohol in bottle (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Mar 2026 |
| One trips up outside, having drink (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 Jan 2026 |
| Ghost, phantom |
The Times Concise |
16 Dec 2025 |
| Tax collector no longer charges double for drink |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Dec 2025 |
| Ghost, for one |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2025 |
| "That's the ____!" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Leans back to welcome Irish character |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Bottle of gin perhaps |
|
|
| Pluck and steal off with (6) |
|
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| It's got a rip in it and you can see right through it! (6) |
|
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| Inspiring principle |
|
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| Tears up the article on drink (6) |
|
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| A drink with no body to it |
|
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| Tears up the article on morale (6) |
|
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| Bottle - or, perhaps, its content (6) |
|
|
| Nonphysical part of a person |
USA Today |
30 May 2025 |
| Booze cruises returning having nabbed last of Martini |
|
|
| Enthusiasm for alcoholic product (6) |
|
|
| Vital force that may be willing or broken (6) |
|
|
| Mettle, enthusiasm (6) |
Puzzler |
06 May 2025 |
| Verve |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 May 2025 |
| Stumbles back with one, in the clutches of booze! (6) |
|
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| Soul, non-physical part of a person (6) |
|
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| Still producing this drink (6) |
|
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| Stumbles back round about one - booze (6) |
|
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| Whisky, for instance, with ginger (6) |
|
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| Trip is ruined by a ghost (6) |
|
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| Tears up - it shows pluck (6) |
|
|
| Vital principle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Gin, whisky, eg |
|
|
| Fighting, free or festive (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Whisk off, showing courage (6) |
|
|
| Brandy, for example (6) |
|
|
| Motivating force with journeys on the rise around island (6) |
|
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| A drink in the shade |
|
|
| Whisk away the booze (6) |
|
|
| Verve shown by international in journeys from the south (6) |
|
|
| Morale starts to suddenly plummet in Russia's international troops (6) |
|
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| "Blithe ___" (Noel Coward play) (6) |
|
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| Frame of mind induced by seeing a ghost? (6) |
|
|
| Gin or djinn, e.g. |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Nasa rover that landed on Mars in 2004 (6) |
The Guardian Weekend |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Morale |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Budget airline that filed for bankruptcy in late 2024 |
|
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| Incorporeal essence (6) |
|
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| Drink to a ghost (6) |
|
|
| Energy drink |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Rum apparition (6) |
|
|
| Drink lacking body (6) |
|
|
| Phantom, or an airline |
Universal |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Blithe ___, comic play by Noel Coward (6) |
|
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| Gin or vodka, say |
|
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| When I strip, I become The Phantom |
|
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| Doppelganger quaffs Irish whiskey, say (6) |
|
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| Randy California's group (6) |
|
|
| Drool quaffing Irish whiskey, say |
|
|
| Gusto |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Ghost seen because of alcohol? (6) |
|
|
| Halloween store and airline |
|
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| Builder's tool, level |
|
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| Energy, determination |
The Times Concise |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Whisk off to have a drink (6) |
|
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| Whisk off (6) |
|
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| Distilled alcoholic drink (6) |
Puzzler |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Well-known comedy by Noel Coward (6,6) |
|
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| Possibly rum character |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Soul |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Verve |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Steal off to get a drink (6) |
|
|
| One might be summoned |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Ghost or strong drink(6) |
|
|
| What made the drunk see a ghost? (6) |
|
|
| Courage |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Sep 2024 |
| One in new strip getting whisky, e.g. (6) |
|
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| Liveliness, mettle (6) |
|
|
| Mettle, zest (6) |
|
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| Booze bottle |
|
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| A drink that's lacking in body? (6) |
|
|
| Vital spark |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Ghost |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Aug 2024 |
| E.g. brandy bottle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Brandy or gin, eg |
The Times Concise |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Ghost; mettle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Seance visitor |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2024 |
| One stumbles back clutching the booze (6) |
|
|
| Tears up the article on courage (6) |
|
|
| Saginaw is home of this OHL team |
|
|
| Tears up. It shows one's mettle (6) |
|
|
| Grabbing one, trips up, showing courage (6) |
|
|
| RIPS IT |
|
|
| S*ance visitor |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Trip is rerouted, due to liquor (6) |
|
|
| Alcohol solution |
The Sun Mini |
22 Jun 2024 |
| American rock band featuring Randy California and his stepfather Ed Cassidy |
|
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| Distilled liquid to take away secretly (6) |
|
|
| Air - soul - presence (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Air a soul a presence (6) |
|
|
| Ends up drinking Irish whiskey? |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Strong distilled liquor (6) |
Puzzler |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Liveliness as a result of drink? (6) |
|
|
| Trips I organised to find a ghost (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 May 2024 |
| Vodka, eg |
|
|
| Strong drink for morale (6) |
|
|
| Liveliness, energy (6) |
|
|
| Vivacious energy (landed January 4, 2004) |
|
|
| Animating force |
|
|
| Essence of alcoholic drink? |
|
|
| Ghostly pluck? (6) |
|
|
| Kidnap tenor |
|
|
| Blithe ___, 2020 film (6) |
|
|
| Disposition to drink (6) |
|
|
| Steal away to have a drink (6) |
|
|
| Is trip ruined by ghost? (6) |
|
|
| Get up and go for the ghost (6) |
|
|
| Courage from alcohol (6) |
|
|
| The zest that permeates a political group? (5,6) |
|
|
| True meaning of courage |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Some rays of light seen in headland fire |
|
|
| Rum, gin, eg |
|
|
| Rum, gin, eg (6) |
|
|
| The force or principle of life that animates the body of living things (6) |
|
|
| There's phantom courage for you! (6) |
|
|
| Elan |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Vivacity of a ghost |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Alcoholic drink |
Mirror Quick |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Could be a rum ghost (6) |
|
|
| Soul, ghost |
|
|
| Bottle - or the genie in one? (6) |
|
|
| Good man -eating half of hot sauce in bottle! (6) |
|
|
| See 12 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Budget airline with yellow planes |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Ghost pluck |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Supernatural being |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Oct 2023 |
| Drink with Puck for example |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Oct 2023 |
| Drool over Irish whiskey? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Sort of drink that's good for the soul? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Oct 2023 |
| Enthusiasm |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Enthusiastic word after "team" or "Christmas" |
|
|
| Short presence |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Aug 2023 |
| "___: Stallion of the Cimarron," 2002 animated film, with music by Hans Zimmer |
|
|
| Falls over after swallowing one strong drink |
The Guardian Cryptic |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Supernatural being |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Unfinished liquor bottle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 May 2023 |
| Spectre, phantom |
The Times Concise |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Drink bottle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Mar 2023 |
| "Smells Like Teen ___," 1991 song by Nirvana |
|
|
| Verve |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2023 |
| Ghost |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Attitude |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2022 |
| 'That's the ___!' |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2022 |
| One coming inside stumbles around in shade |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Moxie |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Sep 2022 |
| Three fifths of Spice Girls' focus on sex's inner meaning |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Word after 'team' or 'two' |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Christmas ___ |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2022 |
| Esprit-de-corps, team .. |
|
|
| ____ of St. Louis |
Family Time |
22 May 2022 |
| Distilled alcoholic drink |
|
|
| Esprit-de-corps, team ... |
|
|
| Séance contact |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Séance contact |
|
|
| Distilled alcoholic drink |
|
|
| Seance invitee |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Esprit-de-corps, team ... |
|
|
| Elan |
|
|
| "The ___," 2008 superhero film about a rookie cop starring Eva Mendes |
|
|
| Carry off liquor |
|
|
| Distilled alcoholic drink |
|
|
| Enthusiasm for email from imperialist |
|
|
| Two-___ |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2022 |
| "Blithe ___," 2020 British fantasy romantic comedy starring Isla Fisher |
|
|
| Courage, determination |
The Times Concise |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Energy drink |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Incorporeal being |
|
|
| What still produces a tear in time, one’s recalled |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Oct 2021 |
| Seance visitor |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Saatchi's opening with good artist occasionally making animation |
|
|
| Way of thinking at the end of 6 down |
|
|
| Distilled alcoholic drink |
|
|
| Easter prayer part 3 |
|
|
| The Verve closing for 13 down |
|
|
| Panache |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Get-up-and-go |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Exorcist's target |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Exorcist's target |
|
|
| Poltergeist, e.g |
USA Today |
01 May 2021 |
| What pep rallies generate |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Apr 2021 |
| Staggers back around island from the bar |
|
|
| Courage? Makes an error about one retreating |
|
|
| Character's presence |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Liquor bottle |
|
|
| Incorporeal being |
|
|
| Vodka or gin |
New York Times |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Distilled alcoholic drink |
|
|
| Pep rally intangible |
|
|
| Brio |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Determination one's seen in journeys to the west |
|
|
| See 2 down |
|
|
| Supernatural being |
|
|
| I'll be seized by hallucinatory experiences after knocking back mescal? |
|
|
| Fled off from field trips arranged for motivation |
|
|
| Seance contact |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2019 |
| Enthusiasm for what's at the end of 13 down |
|
|
| Rah-rah attitude |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2019 |
| Mind part of church casting out European and Italian |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Aug 2019 |
| Supernatural being without a body |
|
|
| Demon drink? |
|
|
| The Verve produced by one of The Shadows? |
|
|
| One of The Shadows found in 8 across |
|
|
| Supernatural being |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Drink with Puck for example |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Tears around city centre with one of The Shadows |
|
|
| Tears over Italian soul |
|
|
| "Smells Like Teen ___," song by Nirvana that was covered in the period drama "Moulin Rouge" |
|
|
| Issue carries religious instruction for the soul |
|
|
| Rah-rah attitude |
|
|
| Liquor that has no body |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Presence of character |
|
|
| Demon drink? |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Alcohol bottle |
|
|
| Team __ (good morale) |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2018 |
| Life force |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Model, describing split-up, demonstrates courage |
|
|
| One in climbing stumbles, showing courage |
|
|
| Verve |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jun 2018 |
| Tears around city centre - it's from another world! |
|
|
| One in climbing stumbles, showing courage |
|
|
| Drink bottle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 May 2018 |
| Courage derived from drink? |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Apr 2018 |
| "Holy" thing |
Universal |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Alcoholic drink in bottle |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Apr 2018 |
| Soul |
Premier Sunday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Animation |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Scrooge visitor |
LA Times Daily |
25 Feb 2018 |
| Scrooge visitor |
|
|
| The devil's backbone |
|
|
| Enthusiasm |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Moxie |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2018 |
| Scrooge visitor |
|
|
| "Holy" thing |
|
|
| Drink for a supernatural being |
|
|
| Both public relations propaganda and solemn act are not finished with enthusiasm |
|
|
| Soul |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Oct 2017 |
| Type of soul produced by The Verve? |
|
|
| Journeys back over island with enthusiasm |
|
|
| Bottle of solution in alcohol |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Jacob Marley in 'A Christmas Carol,' e.g |
|
|
| Pluck |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Courage -- it's needed after rents going up |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Aug 2017 |
| Possibly rum type like Ariel? |
|
|
| Strong distilled alcohol |
The Times Concise |
26 Jul 2017 |
| Tears back to get vermouth and gin perhaps? |
|
|
| Hoped-for visitor at a seance |
Universal |
03 Jul 2017 |
| Team's asset |
Family Time |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Short temper? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 May 2017 |
| Team morale |
Universal |
13 May 2017 |
| Tenor in The Verve? |
|
|
| Similar to one of those in 27 across from The Bar |
|
|
| Soul — ethos |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Feb 2017 |
| Alcoholic drink I needed during several journeys back |
|
|
| Hoped-for visitor at a seance |
|
|
| Team morale |
|
|
| Alcohol providing animation |
|
|
| Whisk you need for eggnog |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Dec 2016 |
| Letter's opposite, law-wise |
|
|
| Mood usually found in 8 across |
|
|
| Expectorate having drunk Irish whiskey? |
|
|
| Vitality seen in the most elevated of characters here |
|
|
| Holy __ (one of the Trinity) |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2016 |
| Drive close to Ferrari in journeys westward |
|
|
| Florida-based airline |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2016 |
| Genie in bottle? |
|
|
| Drool over Irish bottle |
|
|
| Team morale |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jan 2016 |
| Scrooge visitor |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Scrooge visitor |
|
|
| Florida-based airline |
|
|
| Fight in the bar? |
|
|
| Verve |
|
|
| Demon, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Life-giving force |
|
|
| Ghost |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Someone who'd left and come back for a drink |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Jul 2015 |
| Airline with ultralow fares |
New York Times |
27 May 2015 |
| Liquor bottle |
|
|
| Apparition |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2015 |
| Brandy bottle? |
|
|
| Apparition |
Universal |
26 Mar 2015 |
| Odd trips around island provides great strength of character |
|
|
| Verve |
|
|
| Apparition |
|
|
| Apparition |
|
|
| Demon, e.g. |
|
|
| Airline with ultralow fares |
|
|
| Pluck |
|
|
| Enthusiasm |
|
|
| Phantom's a special setter, right on top in teasers |
|
|
| Poltergeist |
|
|
| Team plus |
|
|
| Seance visitor |
|
|
| Mettle |
|
|
| Enthusiasm |
|
|
| Enthusiasm |
|
|
| Life force |
|
|
| Haunted-house resident |
|
|
| Ghost |
|
|
| Spar deployed around isle (Rum?) |
|
|
| A shade rum, perhaps |
|
|
| Panache |
|
|
| Cheerleader's asset |
|
|
| Cheerleader's asset |
|
|
| Holiday follower? |
|
|
| Genie or poltergeist |
|
|
| Team morale |
|
|
| Séance contact |
|
|
| Séance contact |
|
|
| "Guest of honor" at a seance |
|
|
| Apparition |
|
|
| Ghost or gusto |
|
|
| "Smells Like Teen ___" |
|
|
| Ghost |
|
|
| Ghost |
|
|
| Word on Lindbergh's plane |
|
|
| Spunk |
|
|
| Opportunity's fellow Mars rover |
|
|
| Medium's contact |
|
|
| Gusto |
|
|
| See 49-Across |
|
|
| Team asset |
|
|
| Vitality |
|
|
| Team asset |
|
|
| "Blithe ___" (Coward play) |
|
|
| Temper |
|
|
| "The __ is willing . . ." |
|
|
| He is holy, to many |
|
|
| Lindbergh's The ___ of St. Louis |
|
|
| Supernatural being |
|
|
| Medium contact? |
|
|
| General intent, as of the law |
|
|
| General intent, as of the law |
|
|
| Apparition |
|
|
| Seance attendee, perhaps |
|
|
| Seance party |
|
|
| "Guest of honor" at a seance |
|
|
| Team morale, e.g. |
|
|
| Élan |
|
|
| Prevailing tone |
|
|
| Team morale |
|
|
| Medium contact |
|
|
| Intent |
|
|
| Whisk (away) |
|
|
| Lively quality |
|
|
| Whisk (away) |
|
|
| Opportunity's fellow Mars rover |
|
|
| Spunk |
|
|
| Word on Lindbergh's plane |
|
|
| General intent |
|
|
| Apparition |
|
|
| Liveliness |
|
|
| Florida-based airline |
|
|
| Word on Lindbergh's plane |
|
|
| Enthusiasm |
|
|
| Rapper, maybe? |
|
|
| Party to a séance |
|
|
| Verve |
|
|
| Medium contact |
|
|
| Verve |
|
|
| A big fest and what KC has lots of |
|
|
| A good team should have it |
|
|
| Medium contact |
|
|
| Ghost |
|
|
| Zeal |
|
|
| Poltergeist |
|
|
| Team ___ |
|
|
| "The __ of '76" |
|
|
| Team ___ |
|
|
| Soul |
|
|
| Team plus |
|
|
| Team's attribute |
|
|
| Party to a séance |
|
|
| Enlivener |
|
|
| Team morale |
|
|
| Life force |
|
|
| Genie or poltergeist |
|
|
| Cheerleader's forte |
|
|
| ____ of St. Louis |
|
|
| Pluck |
|
|
| Elan |
|
|
| Enthusiastic loyalty |
|
|
| Liveliness |
|
|
| Brio |
|
|
| Rap session invit |
|
|
| Rapper? |
|
|
| "____ of St. Louis" |
|
|
| Verve |
|
|
| Carry (away) |
|
|
| Angel or demon |
|
|
| Fervor |
|
|
| Fairy, sprite or elf |
|
|
| Enthusiasm |
|
|
| What a steed has |
|
|
| Life principle |
|
|
| Haunted-house occupant |
|
|
| Vivacity |
|
|
| Séance V.I.P. |
|
|
| Seance visitor |
|
|
| Coward's "Blithe ___" |
|
|
| V.I.P. at 1 Across |
|
|
| Elf. |
|
|
| Disposition. |
|
|
| Materialized by Coward's Mme. Arcati. |
|
|
| Christmas ___ |
|
|
| Mettle. |
|
|
| Mettle |
|
|
| Distillate |
|
|
| ___ of St. Louis. |
|
|
| Animation. |
|
|
| Conscious being. |
|
|
| Vivacity, courage, etc. |
|
|
| Courage. |
|
|
| Life principle. |
|
|
| Vivacity. |
|
|
| "And stab my ___ broad awake."—Stevenson. |
|
|
| Something of St. Louis. |
|
|
| "___ of St. Louis." |
|
|
| Life. |
|
|
| Divine animating influence. |
|
|
| Rapper who doesn't say anything |
|
|
| Elan. |
|
|