| 20 answers for: Word for a tickle-brain, tipple or other intoxicat... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| FUDDLE | Word for a tickle-brain, tipple or other intoxicating beverage first, later a drinking bout; or, the ensuing state of confusion, drunkenness or tipsiness (6) |
| CAROUSED | Held a drinking-bout, or a noisy revel (8) |
| ITCH | Female dog heading off for a tickle (4) |
| BEER | Beverage first sold in cans 90 yrs ago (4) |
| IMBIBE | Have a tipple or two |
| SNIFTER | Tipple or dram (7) |
| DRINKBEER | To tipple or sink schooners. (5,4) |
| PANE | Word for a piece of cloth first, later a single sheet of glass or "light" in a window; a length of wall; a flat side; or, a facet of a cut diamond (4) |
| BATON | Word for a club or cudgel first, later a relay racer's rod; a majorette's mace; a maestro's wand; a short French stick; or, a thick julienne-cut vegetable (5) |
| HAMPER | Word for a cup or a case for a goblet first, later a wicker basket for festive fare, picnic food or one's laundry (6) |
| SCARF | Word for a sling or a sash first, later a boa, cravat, muffler, stole or other length/square of fabric for the neck (5) |
| KNICKKNACK | From a reduplication of an old word for "click, clack, snap", term for a petty trick or trifling deception first, later a cheap ornament, item of bric-a-brac, worthless trinket or other trifle (5-5) |
| DRESSER | Word, from "arrange, prepare", for a medieval table for meat/food prep first, later a kitchen sideboard; a lady's maid; a wardrobe assistant; a window trimmer; or, in America, a vanity (7) |
| SCUFFLES | A somewhat dusty old eccentric word, perhaps evocative of one who tipples or topes all day long, for a hand-held concertina or squeeze-box playing a ditty or merry little song (8) |
| FLAN | A planchet; or, from "custard", word for a round cake first, later a tart; or, a sponge base with a sweet topping (4) |
| ILLUSION | From "make sport of, mock, play", a word for deception or an attempt to fool first, later a false idea/belief; an apparition; a magic trick or conjuring; or, chiffon or tulle, appearing to float (8) |
| QUEEN | Related to "bold impudent woman", a word for a wife first, later a female sovereign ruler; a presiding goddess; a king's consort; or, the most powerful chess piece (5) |
| SALUT | Word for a crack of a ship broken by a rock first, later a lengthways divide, slash or slit of a banana, cream bun, curtain, plank or anything else (5) |
| NACELLE | Word for a little boat first, later a small enclosure in the form of a streamlined pod housing a plane's engine or a wind turbine's works (7) |
| CABINET | Word for a hut or small room first, later a case or cupboard for displaying valuables or works of art (7) |
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