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Don't understand 10A .... LITRE. Please explain.

LIT (or LIT UP) means drunk or intoxicated

RE = on or "on the subject of"

a LITRE is about one and three-quarter pints

I bet a lot of people have solved this without realising why!

OK .. but LIT is not in my Chambers!!

Don't also understand 9A and the Earl bit.

Bob

Lit up meaning drunk is in Chambers but its under the entry for Light up

Thanks,

Still don't understand EQUILIBRIUM AND "earl" - 9A

Bob

9a Earl had question with tranquilliser I included for balance (11)

E(arl) QU(estion) I LIBRIUM (tranquilliser)

Hope that helps

E for earl is not in my Chambers abbreviation list ... how do you account for that?

I don't!

It is in Chambers 11th edition, and in "Chambers XWD - a dictionary of crossword abbreviations"

Hi Big Dave,

OK, my Chambers is 1978!!!

Clues are getting a bit silly these days ... not like the old compilers.

Bob