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Recovering beers and Charlie confiscated by home for those with a habit (12)

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convalescent

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(Other definitions for convalescent that I've seen before include "Novel accents (anag) -- gradually recovering health" , "One recovering from medical treatment" , "getting back to normal" , "One who's recovering" , "Recuperating" .)

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