Phoenix Christmas

[saoirs]

6a.  being sick in in itially inebriated state state [8]

34d ru???o?ler makes it straight after last month. Appreciate the offer but no thanks [7]d???i??

61a with return from popular gambling on football get a yacht [5]???o?

many thanks

[douglas9401]

61 Sloop

[JJ109]

61 Sloop (yacht) = (football) pools (reversed)

[newmodarmy]

decline

[JJ109]

6a Ill in ois?

[newmodarmy]

Is 6a meant to have duplicated words?

[newmodarmy]

Yes; must be Illinois but I can't explain the O

[JJ109]

I think the second "in" is part of "initially" andthe first state gives the S whilst the escondstate is the definition. I cannot see where the o comes from

[newmodarmy]

Yes, same thinking here.

[saoirs]

so sorry left a word out of 6a

Being sick in initially obviously inebriated state state [8]???i????

[newmodarmy]

Thanks saoirs

[JJ109]

Then Illinois is correct

O(bviosly) I(nebriated)S(tate) initially after "Ill in"

[saoirs]

so sorry left a word out of 6a

Being sick in initially obviously inebriated state state [8]???i????

[saoirs]

many thanks for all the helps

[Colm365]

Sloop

[Colm365]

61 a sloop