Dt £500 26 November 1D

[alyosha]

cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur/

[donny48]

White Russian

[dannyk13]

Black Russian

[dannyk13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Russian

[dannyk13]

Donny, a White Russian ia a Black Russian with cream added.

[donny48]

The Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur. It contains five parts vodka to two parts coffee liqueur, per IBA specified ingredients. Traditionally the drink is made by pouring the vodka over ice cubes or cracked ice in an old-fashioned glass, followed by the coffee liqueur.

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Pour coffee liqueur and vodka into an Old Fashioned glass filled with ice. Float fresh cream on top and stir slowly. A White Russian is a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur (e.g., Kahlúa or Tia Maria), and cream served with ice in an Old Fashioned glass.
Take your pick Danny.

[aelmpvw]

supplying a letter count with missing letters would have helped

[donny48]

OK as you say the poster did not mention cream.

[aelmpvw]

'black' also fits the across clues

[dannyk13]

Donny, did you check back on your Pitcherwits query?
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1525819.html

[donny48]

I seem to making a habit of saying thank you Danny, it is a tremendous help in learning about cryptics to have this feedback.

[dannyk13]

Donny, I was completely lost when I started on cryptics over 60 years ago.You will soon be cracking them with ease.

[dannyk13]

Apologies alyosha for hogging your thread '

[alyosha]

Thank you dannyk13 - I was sure it was "white" but got the L & K and eventually worked it out myself!

[alyosha]

And no probs re hogging my thread!