Lying a little on top of drinking too much? (11)
I believe the answer is:
overlapping
'lying a little' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'on top of drinking too much?' is the wordplay.
'on top of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drinking' becomes 'lapping' (lapping is a kind of drinking).
'too much?' becomes 'over' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lapping' after 'over' is 'OVERLAPPING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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