E: 11/05 Win £100 - Private Eye Crossword No. 598 (Email)

Midnighter

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ACROSS

01. ODIOUS
05. MADE SAFE
09. CONFLICT OF
10. MARK
11. WHIPPERSNAPPER
12. HYGIENE
14. GARNISH
16. ABUSAGE
18. STARCHY
21. CARPET SLIPPERS
24. SKID
25. ACCESSIBLE
26. INTEREST
27. TUNDRA

DOWN

02. DOORWAY
03. OFF LIMITS
04. SKIMP
05. MATURE
06. DEFENDANT
07. SUM UP
08. FORCEPS
13. NIGHTMARE
15. NORWEGIAN
17. BRACKEN
19. HUSTLER
20. ELICIT
22. PODGE
23. POSIT

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Ebe_Scrooge

Please can you put me out of my misery, and explain how you get 23 down ?


Clue : Advance - here's to you getting your end away.


"Advance" is "Posit", as in "to advance a theory".
"Getting your end away" gives "it", as in a slang term for sex.


But how does "Here's to you" give "Pos" ? I can only think of the acronym for Point Of Sale, but that's rather tenuous ?

Midnighter

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Please can you put me out of my misery, and explain how you get 23 down ?


Clue : Advance - here's to you getting your end away.


"Advance" is "Posit", as in "to advance a theory".
"Getting your end away" gives "it", as in a slang term for sex.


But how does "Here's to you" give "Pos" ? I can only think of the acronym for Point Of Sale, but that's rather tenuous ?

Prosit (Which is another way of saying cheers.) less the last letter of your.

Ebe_Scrooge

Ah, I see ! Actually, now you mention it, I do remember Prosit from my O-level German ( showing my age there LOL ! ). Cheers :beer:


Love your crossword posts, by the way - it's always my first port of call if I ever get really stuck.