Old Punishment Gives Up Drink For Hose

[satprof]

Today's Alphapuzzle clue - Perhaps slightly more bizarre than the average.

[emmie]

stocks.

[emmie]

or stockings. other than that - no idea

[emmie]

of the two would go with stockings.

[emmie]

stocks and gin.

[emmie]

stockings another word for hose..

[dannyk13]

Stockings(hose) gin(drink)reversed inside Stocks(old punishment)

[MargoTester]

Stockings - stocks + gin

[satprof]

Stockings doesn't seem to be correct. G is a given letter & doesn't appear in either of the 9-letter grid positions. (It's either the fourth letter of a 6-letter word or the first of a 7-letter word, which cross at the G.

[MargoTester]

Gin is not actually reversed, but is a anagram, so clue is not quite right imho

[MargoTester]

^ sorry crossed post , will have another think

[emmie]

i still think stockings is correct,

[emmie]

still if it isn't, then back to the drawing board.

[satprof]

Does the use of "gives up" perhaps suggest that the word for drink is removed from the old punishment to get a synonym for hose?

[emmie]

gives up drink, gin backwards i would have thought.

[Neveracrossword]

Socks, hose - Stocks, old punishment, drop the T, gives up drink?

[dannyk13]

NAC has it.

[emmie]

could be

[satprof]

Great, Neveraxword. I can't check it out until later, but I'm sure it's good. (Mouseymick will probably beat me to it, in any case.)

[Hibaldstowdave]

socks (stocks-t)

[Hibaldstowdave]

Stocks-t = socks