Drink noisily mostly and sound like you’re 27? (4)

From Times Cryptic 5221, 24D —

24D — Drink noisily mostly and sound like you’re 27? (4) — SLUR

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'sound like you’re 27?' — The straight definition sits at one end. Here the tail describes how a tipsy person's speech comes out — cross-referencing the 27 answer.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'mostly'
  • Operation
    'mostly' signals a deletion operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'Drink noisily'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Drink noisily' → SLURP
  • Assembly
    SLURP - P = SLUR

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