KM Links Game - December week 2

[seekeerz]

Good morning all, I'm still recovering from the effects of a very strange experience - I actually got wet yesterday walking around without an umbrella !!! I mean, why on earth would you need an umbrella in a climate like ours, particularly in summer - of course, where was the dang thing when I needed it, well not with me, that's just for starters !!! I'm still amazed by the whole experience !!!

And just before we really get down to tin tacks - next weekend may [ I emphasise may [!!]] be a little off beat, unexpected, possibly right out in left field - Mr seekeerz, myself and the two holy terriers are off to Melbourne to spend Christmas with our daughter - now she has acquired a new computer with a whole lot of bells and whistles I know nothing about so if for some strange reason the thread makes no appearance about the usual time, please feel free to carry on without me and I'll try to catch up somewhere down the line - good luck !!

OK, the reason we're all here - well most of us anyway - is to try and match wits, brains, whatever...with Kate Mepham and her shaded words in this morning's Crossword - shortly one of the early risers will post those words along with their own selections, for all of us to add our own interpretations and boy, some of those need some explaining - one paticularly unusual one from last week - Mole Sauce !!! ???? Now my guess is that the 'mole' in this case isn't small grey and fond of digging up lawns, but a dish [?] of Mexican origin, though I do not know the contents, so I'd better go investigate while I/we await said 'early riser' ..... so I'll just toddle off for a bit and come back later S

Oh, just before I go, Good Luck everyone if I'm still stuck down a mole hole when the fun starts

[Eiggam]

Steak Tartar
Fish Platter
Green Peace
Rugby Scrum

[tearinghair]

Sorry to confuse things; it's just that 'school' was in the clue so can't be a link word. Didn't mean to put cats among pigeons.

[wickedtongue]

MINUTE steak
fish PLATE
WINTER green
rugby UNION

[Gasbaggertie]

Gill
FILLET steak
ANGEL fish
green GODDESS
RUGBY scrum

Jean
BEEF steak
fish PIE
BOWLING green
rugby FOOTBALL

[seekeerz]

Hi Dusty - I'll give the WD40 a go, see I so seldom take my brain anywhere with me when I go out, never know how it's going to behave and then of course there's always the problem if I leave it somewhere, how would the poor thing get home ???

Right now, regarding Tearinghair's request - tricky situation this one and I will have to consult the oracle - while some have the advantage of seeing the Crossword before putting an entry in, some of us either don't get it at all and some [like myself] don't receive it until after I've put mine in.
I'm certain my match won't be correct, but that's just tough luck for me, and it is random up to a point, but that clue is quite specific - let me get back to you all on that one.

[sarumite]

Hi Steff, made it at last ... will go for

Steak DIANE
JELLY Fish
SAGE Green
Rugby SEVENS

Cheers! (S)

[Elspeth]

Sirloin steak
Fish market
Village green
Rugby League

[tearinghair]

OK, everyone, I'd better retire gracefully. I'd been watching the competition for several weeks, and thought I understood what was happening, but obviously not. I absolutely don't want to cause any controversy among people who've been doing this for ages, so I'll stop now before it gets out of hand. Many apologies, and best of luck for future competitions.

[seekeerz]

and I'm very glad to see you - I was beginning to think you'd forgotten us !! I can tell the sniffer dogs they can have the rest of the day off now. :-)) byeeeeeeeee S

[seekeerz]

tearinghair please don't take it to heart - for starters it is all just for fun but yes those who see the Crossword do have a slight advantage. As I said, I don't see the puzzle before I post my entry and it doesn't worry me. There really is no reason why anyone cannot change their selection - we're trying to match Kate's choices so everyone has as much a chance of making the right one.

Usually the clues aren't as specific as that particular one and I would have put something different had I seen it earlier, but going on my past record - well snowballs in hot places have something to do with it !!!

So please reconsider - we don't like anyone to be upset or feel they should pull out, .... as the saying goes 'we aren't playing for sheep stations here !!!'

[cpfcrosie3]

steak knife
fish finger
emerald green
rugby ball

[Strix]

tearinghair - it is largely guesswork. I virtually never see the Telegraph until after I have submitted my link words, indeed I am only now at 2.30pm about to get the paper.
As seekeerz says it's not a matter of life and death, just a stupid game with no purpose other than to propose the most obvious or most abstruse link words you can think of!
strix

[eccles]

We have a vague feeling that these words have been
links before but that doesn't really help.

Mrs E
STEAK diane
FISH hawk
RUGBY union
crown GREEN

fillet STEAK
FISH paste
GREEN vegetables
RUGBY football

[ChrisHewat]

Afternoon Steff � SHAZZA is going to try:

RUMP Steak
Fish TANK
LINCOLN Green
Rugby UNION

And I�m going for:

FILLET Steak
GOLD Fish
BRUNSWICK Green
Rugby LEAGUE

Good luck to everyone!!

[Ont-ice]

Good Morning everyone from a very cold Ontario.

Mr. O.
Steak House
Fish Pond
Green Thumb
Rugby Team

Mrs. O
Fillet Steak
Silver Fish
Green Goddess
Rugby Union

Good luck to all.

[chriss]

Steak knife
Shell fish
Lincoln green
Rugby tackle

And from Stevie:
Prime Steak
White Fish
Bowling Green
Rugby Ball

[Muzz]

Sorry, no time to read what's been entered already, but here is my (usually feeble!) attempt-
steak DIANE
ANGEL fish
PEA green
rugby SHIRT
Good luck everyone! x

[jobjockey]

steak pie
rugby league
fish cake
lincoln green

[Dustybun]

never having seen the crossword in the Telegraph I had assumed that the link words were completely random. It is certainly not a matter of life or death and my query was intended to be light-hearted ('cotton picking' not really being indicative of any particularly strong passion). I'm not apologising but I shall be more guarded in future. D.

[twix123]

Good evening, or good morning all, I'll try:

Rugby JERSEY
MINUTE Steak
Green BERET
Fish LADDER