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6d Solve afresh a cryptic, being typsy (4,4,4)
H?L?, S?A?, O?E?

I am sure it is an anagram of "solve afresh a" and means tipsy. But the only answer I can get to fit is "hold sway over" which means to control and clearly isn't an anagram of the above letters!

Help please!?

Half seas over

Many thanks! I had got that but dismissed it as had no idea what it meant! Perhaps you can kindly enlighten me?

Apparently (Chambers) it means half way across the sea, or half drunk! I'd never heard of it either,mustn't have misspent our youths-grin.

“Half seas over” is an old expression used to describe a drunken sailor.

Thanks Rosalind and Jazzgirl - very edifying! When I am next "a few sheets to the wind" I'll see if I can remember this newly learned condition for partially soaked tars!