Question 1

What does the cryptic crossword clue "Landlord's sardonic next-day offer to deliver better times scrapped (8)" mean?

Accepted Answer

The wordplay uses a charade (building blocks). FREE (synonym="=to deliver, rid of") + BE (synonym="BE") + ER (synonym="“times, i.e. 2 x T=time, means both t’s are dropped") = FREEBEER The answer is FREEBEER.

Question 2

What is the answer to "Landlord's sardonic next-day offer to deliver better times scrapped (8)"?

Accepted Answer

The answer is FREEBEER.