sat times 826 cryptic

[meabby]

19d team's farewell after post-dinner drink (4,4) ?O?t ???E

48d biblical scholar with simple name (6) ?l?d?n

8d comprehend the meaning of "yen"? it could be this (5) r?a?y

7d supercilious group of women going to the opera (9) w?t?e?i?g


thanks

[Mamyalynne]

19d Port Vale ( courtesy of l-i-k)

[Lie-in King]

Hello, my friend! :-))

19d Port Vale - 'vale' = farewell
48d (Alexander) Crude-n(ame)

^^51a Appear (look) - Appeal, with l(eft) changed to r(ight)
8d Read-y(en) - 'ready' as 'cash'
7d Withering - WI + The Ring

Hope you're keeping well?

[meabby]

thanks as normal - am ok - plodding on in life and keeping the brain going with the odd crossword. hope you are ok.

[Mamyalynne]

hi maj hope you appreciate i gave the honours to vous

[meabby]

yes - very - thanks

[Lie-in King]

Mais oui, mamya - merci beaucoup! :-)

Thanks meabby, I'm very well. Know what you mean re "plodding along" - the Universe always knows just when to drop a pile of something unpleasant on one's head!! :-))

[Lie-in King]

...Still, as long as you've got shampoo...

[meabby]

sounds lovely!
thanks again - off to bed seeing as its bucketing with rain here!

[Mamyalynne]

Oh no not bad news i hope your maj, so sorry meabby for a hijack, but i do worry so. Is your friend well or not Lie-in ?

[Lie-in King]

mamya - thank you for the thought! Anne is doing very well at the moment - I don't know if you saw my thread a couple of weeks back, but her breast & lymph tumours are down by around 50% - enough that they can think about surgery - Yay!!

My comment was meant for me - the Universe hates me, I hate It! Nothing serious (in the grand scheme of things), just enough to keep me on my toes - & carrying an umbrella! :-))

My apologies also to meabby for the extra traffic... :-)

[meabby]

dont appologise - im just grateful to you both for your help - I'm not very used to the ways and means of these noticeboard type things (or whatever you would call answerbank!)

thanks again - hope life improves a bit for you

[Lie-in King]

Ah, it's nothing I can't wriggle around! :-)

Stay well, speak soon...