Stuck On Short One!

[spoiledzippy]

Undergarment is a solid hit.

S???

[dannyk13]

Sock

[Mamyalynne]

Slip

S + Lip

Verb

GOLF
(of the ball) hit the rim of (a hole) but fail to go in.
"Norman's putt lipped the hole and spun out"

[Mamyalynne]

oops

[dannyk13]

As Greg Norman said when his ball lipped the hole

[Mamyalynne]

Lancy


ignore moi.

[spoiledzippy]

Thanks Dannyk13 for sock. I was thinking of slip like Mammyalynne. Any idea why'A barrier to a dealer in hot stuff' ?E?C? I assume the answer is fence but can't work out the cryptic meaning.

[dannyk13]

Fence - a dealer in stolen goods (hot stuff)

[mallyh]

a fence deals in stolen(hot) goods

[Mamyalynne]

Hot stuff = Stolen goods, which a fence deals in

[spoiledzippy]

Thanks to all of you for extending my vocabulary. I had not come across that meaning for fence before.