Essw Cryptic Quiz 07.01.23. The Answers Are All Christmas Food And Drink. Number Of Letters Not Given. Any Help Gratefully Received.

[Misterbean]

1. Scotch Whiskey
4. Lennon's leftovers
18. Fifth choice of dairy product
21. Berate average cuts, dance round this
23. Brea
26. thanks, guys
29. In which to cook char
31. Stick trailing stems
34. Dessert for Bob?
35. Spicy rabbits?
43. Stun

[Neveracrossword]

23 Shortbread? (Brea- the first four letters, short, of bread!)

[Neveracrossword]

3 Nuts, anagram.

[Misterbean]

I cannot believe I didn't simply anagram stun! I was off on a tangent! Shortbread is genius!

[Neveracrossword]

21 Parsnips? Par, average and Snips, cuts

[Neveracrossword]

PS Glad I could help. I really hoped Shortbread was right, I liked the clue!

[mallyh]

29 teapot?

[mallyh]

35 cinnamon buns ?

[JJ109]

4 Cold Turkey

https://www.google.com/search?q=john+lennon+cold+turkey&oq=John+Lennon+Cold+Turkey&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i512j0i512l2j46i512j0i512l3j0i22i30l2.12144j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1df95b

[JJ109]

29 T oast

[JJ109]

31 Gluhwein
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/gluhwein
(pronounced glue vine)

[JJ109]

34 Plum Pudding ?

(plumb Bob)

[JJ109]

18 Brandy Butter

(Brand "E" butter)

[JJ109]

26 Tamales (ta males)

[JJ109]

43 although Nuts is an anagram for stun, as there is no anagram indicator, I am wondering whether they want the answer "Mixed Nuts"
rather than just "nuts"!

[Misterbean]

I think you could be right about mixed nuts, good point.

I didn't think tamales were Christmas food? I had considered that as an answer but discounted it.

Thank you all for your help, I think that just leaves number 1 to do.

[Salty]

Is the spelling of "whiskey" in question 1 correct? If so, rather tentatively it could be Jameson, which is an Irish whiskey developed by a Scotsman (where they spell the drink as whisky with no "e").

[JJ109]

26 Tamales are indeed associated with Christmas
https://www.latimes.com/recipe/list/tamale-recipes-for-christmas

[Misterbean]

Salty - yes, spelled as given in the quiz. Mind you, with this setter, it doesn't necessarily mean anything!

JJ109, thanks for that. I had been looking up tamale recipes but hadn't seen that.