Thanks a lot, finished now. Do you send all your xwords in? I do. I live in hope. I've won the birthday competition twice but never anything for this crossword. I had a pound each way on 'mon mome' yesterday and got 127 in return!! Only did it because I read it as 'mom' and it was 8 weeks yesterday since she died, so I think she was looking down on me. She always picked 3 or 4 in the National. X