Answer: toper

AnswerCrossword Clue
TOPERLiquor lover
TOPERElbow-bender
TOPERHe fails to pass the bar
TOPERCompanion of John Barleycorn
TOPERPot-valiant one, possibly
TOPERHe couldn't pass the bar
TOPERTosspot
TOPERRummy
TOPERSerious drinker
TOPERW. C. Fields persona
TOPERDipsomaniac
TOPERSouse
TOPERHe's three sheets to the wind
TOPERWino
TOPERHard drinker
TOPERSoak
TOPEROne who takes one too many
TOPERAA candidate
TOPERDrunk
TOPERW.C. Fields role
TOPERDrinker extraordinaire
toperhard drinker or chronic drunkard
toperone who topes (to drink liquor to excess)
TOPEROld Soak.
TOPERSot
TOPERBoozehound
TOPERLush
TOPERW.C. Fields persona
TOPERPub crawler
TOPERJuicer
TOPERFields persona
TOPERDrunkard.
TOPERSot.
TOPERLost week-ender.
TOPERDrunkard
TOPERAdmirer of John Barleycorn.
TOPERWinebibber.
TOPERBibber.
TOPERThe "Old Soak."
TOPERBarfly