Daily Mail Prize Crossword Friday June 15th 2012

[shooty]

One to Parse Please.

9a Childless drunk couples often do this (5,2)

S?L?T / ?P

Answer is SPLIT UP

[dannyk13]

Hi Shooty. Could not parse this either. I get the drunk bit = lit up, but cannot connect sp to being childless.

[belido]

childless without issue sp

[bibblebub]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sp

[Celticv11]

Stretching a point but sp could be an abbr for sans progeny?

[dannyk13]

Tout alors

[belido]

sine prole latin without issue

[Mamyalynne]

Sine Prole (Latin: without issue [no children])

[factor-fiction]

Sp is "sine prole" I suggest

[FredPuli43]

A split is a drink (in that its a trade term for a small bottle of mixer), but the childless part eludes me.

[shooty]

Thank you Danny for your response and Thank you belido for an excellent explanation. : )

[FredPuli43]

Too late. The other explanations make more sense!

[shooty]

Thank you all, I had no idea SP mean't without issue. : )