Herald 2

[dave1948]

Any thoughts on this ?

One's often in the soup following an earlier drink ! (8)
A?E?O?I?

Acetonic is the only word I can come with but can't see why !

[scorpiojo]

I can see tonic for drink..are you certain of the letters, Dave?

[frugalfred]

"an earlier drink" might be "ale"

[fiction-factory]

Yes, I suggested ACETONIC earlier.

I can also see ACE for one but I can't see the definition

[Sam1960]

is o tonic

[fiction-factory]

I can see the IS (ones), Sam, bu can't see the 'soup' bit

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure of the definition either

[Sam1960]

soup (anagram)
i's (o)ften + tonic

[dave1948]

Thank you Jo

I am confident of these letters a,e
8d which gives the o clue is :
Canadian's 18's wonderful real ale (5,6)
I have Great Porter
16d (giving the I)
....where Romans were in position in the first place (2,4)
have in situ

[Baldric]

Duplicate

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1447066.html

[fiction-factory]

Thanks, sam- I thought of soup for anagram- but IS O TONIC is not an anagram as the letters are already in that order

[dave1948]

Thank you Baldric I have duplicated the question as it was hidden and I wondered why acetonic was the answer

[frugalfred]

aperitif??

[Davemano]

I've been looking ages at Aperitif, should the Porter be bitter

[Baldric]

All you need to do is to put something as an answer and it comes back into latest posts dave

[fiction-factory]

Looks promising (although I can't parse it all yet)
We may need to verify the O from the clue Canadian's 18's wonderful real ale (5,6) . What was the answer to 18?

[dave1948]

18 Veronica or Victoria ? (4)
L?K?
Surely lake

[fiction-factory]

A periti f
Periti is 'poetry soup' it seems

[Davemano]

Baldric - appreciate that but apart from the drink ????????????

[fiction-factory]

So Great Bitter is probably right

[dave1948]

Thank you all Unless anyone has a brainwave I think I 'll stick with acetonic