### Clue: The sound of tongues wagging: Orestes losing last couple of offies (6,6)
### Answer: LIQUOR STORES 
 ### Explanation: definition: "offies" as in off-licence liquor stores 
LIQUORS sounds like 'lickers'="The sound of tongues"; plus anagram/"wagging" of (Orest-es)* not including the last couple of letters