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Saturday Times Cryptic 25873 Saturday August 23Rd 2014

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chardon713 | 07:57 Sat 23rd Aug 2014 | Crosswords
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25a Tinker holding ale back for pirate (10) ?r?e?o?t?r
I have determined that the answer must be FREEBOOTER ... straight clue is "pirate".
But how does this work?
The "ale back" cryptic is beer reversed = "reeb" ... leaving "footer"
But I can't see how "footer" is a synonym for "tinker"
Any help gratefully received
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'footer' can also mean: [i]to potter; occupy oneself trivially or to little effect[i] i.e. tinker

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/footer
(darn - the semicolon threw out the italics)
fouter/footer a worthless despicable fellow (Chambers)
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Thank you bibblebub and roslyn251254 ...
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