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[davey b]

Making 5 grand I?P?S?N? (5 is IMPOSITION)if that helps?

Drug-free hell? Bad luck! ?A?D/L?N?S

[Zhukov]

Imposing

[Zhukov]

Hard Lines

[Woody04]

hard lines?

[davey b]

Thanks folks. Can anyone please explain the answers?

[dannyk13]

Hard lines
Imposing

[Larrox]

Hard lines

[Larrox]

Hard lines

[dzug2]

I'm (puck) position (set in place)

[davey b]

No one has explained IMPOSING or HARD LINES.
Anyone out there help?

[pangapilot]

18d Hint: Meaning is grand
4,13 Hint: Meaning is an expression for bad luck

[davey b]

Pangapilot. Can you please explain the answers? I know IMPOSING = GRAND. and HARD LINES = BAD LUCK. What I don't understand is the wordplay.

[Gez77]

Davey
Making is a sort of a synonym for the alternative meaning of Imposition.
As to the other.... Well Hard Line is slang for Crack, but I still don't see it quite. I don't know whether a hard line is one that can't be chopped properly and therefore results in poorer uptake

[Calibax]

HELL without E(cstasy) = HLL = H(ard) L(ine) L(ine)

[davey b]

Thanks Calibax. Gez, still don't understand IMPOSING?