MM Links Solutions July [Week 3]

[crofter]

This third week of the reign of Queen Christiana found her in a most reflective mood as you will see when I reveal the chosen Link Words of Christiana were:

Brown STUDY
London DUNGEON
PONTOON Bridge
NEAR Death

Quite a "sombre" choice links you must agree! Yet there were hints in the preamble such as use of the words: "barely alive" and "imprisoned" that few people spotted! The outcome is that the field is now wide open for a final round next week!

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[crofter]

I was surprised to see that the first to be spotted was LONDON DUNGEON by Entrant #5, Jules001, who is proving to be a shrewd player of MM. Things went quiet for a few minutes until 09.07 when slaney came in as Entrant #12 with a very enigmatic BROWN STUDY to score another bonus point. In her �two-minute wake� came Jools to qualify for the same TWO Points.

In the past, all four links are usually spotted by this point in the proceedings, but not so this week. It took over 45 minutes before ex-champion gen2, having studied the runes, predicted NEAR DEATH to pick up another TWO Points! That left PONTOON BRIDGE to be predicted and we had to wait until our Canadian friends showed us the way! Bert Ont-ice came in to claim the last scalp after nearly 10 hours of UK playing time. Since no-one scored more than TWO Points this round, I name �last man standing� Bert Ont-ice as �Hot Shot of the Week�
*** CHEERS ALL ROUND!! ***

[crofter]

How is the month shaping up? Well, only bangor & patchett have be able to score on all three weeks ~ that�s no mean feat! Also gen2 is only in it for the ride! So there�s any one of 15 players who can win the coveted title next week.

League Table (with only one more week to go)

SIX Points: gen2
FOUR Points: bangor, FoxLee, freebi & rogerr
THREE Points: patchett
No fewer than ten others have amassed a total of two points and are still in contention!

Remember that next week will be the last week of the reign of Queen Christiana, so there�s everything to play for! What she will come up with next week is anybody�s guess, but will she provide hints and clues or just red herrings! To the winner will fall the honour of setting the link words throughout the month of August.

Until then, this is crofter and his (t)rusty abacus signing off for another week.


LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE MM LINKERS!! :o)

[Christiana]

Congratulations to Jules, Slaney, Gen 2 and Bert ont-ice who picked up on my somewhat obscure reference to gambling to put 'pontoon' with bridge. This was particularly pleasing to me as I realised he was at something of a disadvantage with London Dungeon, though probably others of you, too, have not visited that interesting(?) place.

[Aquagility]

Thank you, Crofter. And I hate you to pieces, Christiana - I know you meant Bailey bridge, not Pontoon bridge!

But well done, the winners.

[gen2]

Thanks crofter and Christiana. The hints weren't qite as obvious this week but I was a little surprised no-one went for London Transport.

Looking forward to next week.

[jan1956]

well complete wash out for me as per usual
roll on Monday!
congratualtions ont-ice thanks crofter and christiana
same time same place next week then?
jan

[JoolsTwo]

Well I broke my duck at last Thanks to crofter and christiana - I hope you are enjoying your sons' vist. Now lets see if I can improve on my score next week - Mmmmm :-)

[slaney]

Well done to hot-shot, Bert Ont-ice ... and thanks to Christiana and crofter.
Its taken three weeks for me to score these points .. may be cutting it a bit fine !

[Dinkypuzzled]

gen2 - I considered 'London TRANSPORT' but dismissed it as it has 9 letters !

[gen2]

Of course Dinkypuzzled that explains it

[Ont-ice]

Well! His Lordship is quite pleased with himself and his new title.
Me? I'm about to give him heck for spoiling our excellent run for the boobie prize. Three weeks without a blimp to spoil that until today. I hope it doesn't mean we lose our membership in the Free Fall club as well?
Congrats to all the points winners.
Thanks to Christiana and our good friend Crofter.
PS. I heard it was his abacus was the boobie prize and wanted it for sentimental reasons. :-)

[Ont-ice]

Please read. It was his abacus that was the boobie prize.

[crofter]

With the way you two score, I can usually count your points on the fingers of one ........... finger! Nevertheless, I am proud to be called "your friend"!

[seekeerz]

oh dear, for one brief fleeting moment there I thought I had a chance of being on QC's wave band - guess not !!!

Congrats to all who were - how you do it's beyond me, but I'll still be here next time

[Jules001]

wow I couldn't get on the pc to check last night so was surprised to see this morning that one of my choices had been a 'direct hit'. Still don't think it's going to change the end of the month results too much though, this is the first time I have scored anything this month:)

Well done to the other scorers and thanks to QC and Crofter of course