Clue
The English drunk was idle and /hard to understand.(8)
The second half is the definition.
ESOTERIC (E + sot + Eric [Idle])
I I thought of Eric Idle but couldn’t get the rest to work without the hint Nice one!
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Yarr! Buccaneers go bonkers for traditional Thanksgiving side dish. (9,5)
ESOTERIC (E + SOT + ERIC)
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Food just might be a bear’s currency. (9, 5)
Funny. Great minds think alike.
CRANBERRY SAUCE (two excellent anagrams)
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Did Jefferson play this without the full Monti? (5)
CELLO (Monticello - Monti)
Did you hear me? Record a beat for the inverse function to exponentiation! (9)
LOGARITHM (sound alike)
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Butterfly destroys Roman church (7)
MONARCH (anagram of Roman+ch)
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Controlling and echoing me (9)
HEGEMONIC (anagram)
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This guy breaks my religious items with his lotion sacs. (10)
I want it to be ICONOCLAST, but I can’t get the anagram to work.
Dammit, only one lotion sac, sorry.
Go.
ICONOCOAST
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Play about Secretariat made denser. (1, 9, 5, 6)
ICONOCLAST
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Play about Secretariat made denser. (1, 9, 5, 6)
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (anagram)
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Yellow Submarine’s weapon (8)
REVOLVER
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One-word review of a porn film where a Shakespeare scholar and a sex therapist discuss The Tempest and explore what makes Prospero tick. (6)
EROTIC (hidden)
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Hang On! I heard Apple is producing a new bike.(6)
ICICLE (i + 'sickle)
Supposedly, Blondie drummer’s son is attending US university. (7)
CLEMSON (Clem’s son)
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Old one turns head (6)
NOODLE (old one anagram)
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How the DJ magically realigned EDM (11)
LEGERDEMAIN (anagram)
Overwhelm in cancelled meeting. (8)