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starveall | 15:48 Fri 08th Dec 2017 | Crosswords
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19a overwhelms conservative with loads of paper (6)

This looks as if it should be c reams, but I can't find cream meaning overwhelm in any of my dictionaries. What am I missing?
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a. To defeat overwhelmingly:
15:53 Fri 08th Dec 2017
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Cream

NORTH AMERICANinformal
defeat (someone) heavily in a sporting contest.
"on paper, England should have creamed Scotland"
15:53 Fri 08th Dec 2017
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Definition of Cream
15:53 Fri 08th Dec 2017
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Creams looks good - it's in Chambers 'to overwhelm.' Suggestion for a Xmas present?
15:55 Fri 08th Dec 2017
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Chambers gives one definition of 'cream' as 'to thrash or defeat soundly'. Chambers gives one definition of 'overwhelm' as 'to defeat utterly' - so I think the clue works, though I don't think it's very good.
15:55 Fri 08th Dec 2017
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Thanks everyone. I've just had another look at 'cream' in Chambers, and see it gives "to thrash or defeat soundly (inf)". Silly me!
16:00 Fri 08th Dec 2017

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