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Portly

• ___-Hearted Men (1928 tune)

• Too Many Cooks author

• 1958 Edgar winner Rex___

• Bar choice

• Bar selection

• Beer relative

• Beer type

• Begin, as a chain of events*

• Bitter alternative

• Black and tan ingredient

• Brave

• Brew

• Broad of beam

• Bulky

• Certain dark brew

• Chunky

• Corpulent

• Dark ale

• Dark beer

• Dauntless

• Draft pick?

• Full-bodied ale

• Goose Island offering

• Guinness choice

• Guinness offering

• Guinness, e.g.

• Guinness, in a bar

• Heady brew

• Hearty pint

• Heavily built

• Heavy brew, and a clue to this puzzle's theme

• Hefty

• Hoppy drink

• Like Nero Wolfe

• Likely to face adversity fearlessly

• Little teapot descriptor

• London libation

• Malt brew

• Malty drink

• Nero Wolfe's creator

• Not exactly svelte

• Overweight

• Porter relative

• Porter's beer

• Porter's kin

• Pub brew

• Pub choice

• Pub drink

• Pub order

• Pub pint

• Pub potable

• Pub purchase

• Pub quaff

• Pub serving

• Publican's offering

• Pudgy

• Resolute

• Rex of mystery

• Rex who wrote about Nero Wolfe

• Robust

• Solid

• Solidly built

• Stocky

• Strong porter

• Sturdy

• Substantial

• Thickset

• Well based?

• Wisconsin campus

• Wolfe's creator

• Strong dark heavy-bodied porter

• A garment size for a large or heavy person