Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
"Then to the spicy nut-brown ___": Milton (3 letter answer)
The Answer
ALE
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Notes
The answer ALE is very common and appears about once every 22 puzzles.
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Beverage
Brew
"Cakes and ___"
Drink
Ginger ___
Porter
Refresher
Steinful
Stout
Stout ___
Brewed beverage
Brewery product
Cakes' companion
Cakes' partner
Dark brew
Draft pick
Draft selection
Drink on draft
Falstaff's quaff
Inn serving
Kin of kvass
Lager's cousin
Malty drink
Maugham's "Cakes and ___"
"Nut-brown ___"
Pilsener kin
Pint at a pub
Pub drink
Pub offering
Pub suds
Schooner contents
Schooner's cargo
Stingo, in Soho
Tankard filler
Tavern order
Toby filler
Wassail drink
Half of a half-and-half
Half pints, maybe
Robin Hood's drink
Welsh rabbit ingredient
Drink often labeled XXX in the comics
Drink sometimes indicated in comics by "XXX"
It can make you squiffy
It may be taken in in an inn
Definition
ALE as a noun:
1. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume