Any cryptic crossword aficionados in?
Any cryptic crossword aficionados in?
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CopperBolt

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935 posts

87 months

Monday 23rd September 2024
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Had a clue recently; ‘An Oxford Street drunk’ (4)

_i_h.

In the end had to look the answer up.

Can anyone get it and explain the answer?

Answer: High

Thanks

Radec

5,267 posts

67 months

Tuesday 24th September 2024
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High street?

Lotusgone

1,576 posts

147 months

Tuesday 24th September 2024
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One of the main streets in Oxford is called (locally) "The High". I remember this from episodes of Morse.

High is another word for drunk. At least in cryptic crossword-land.


CopperBolt

Original Poster:

935 posts

87 months

Wednesday 25th September 2024
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Lotusgone said:
One of the main streets in Oxford is called (locally) "The High". I remember this from episodes of Morse.

High is another word for drunk. At least in cryptic crossword-land.
God that’s obscure isn’t it. Many thanks.

ben5575

7,164 posts

241 months

Friday 14th February
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Noob to these, but I liked this one:

Ask rat if I'd been sanctioned (8)

A bottle of red and a couple of drams in and I could not for the life of me get this one!

Like always, obvious once you know the answer; ratified