Hello devadolly,
Like you I have missed the N&Cing! I stopped starting a thread because it became all rather serious. No problems with this week's EV, despite I had little or no knowledge of the subject initially. However I always get upset if I have to modify a grid after populating it! I remember on one occasion the extra letters or corrected letters in the clues instructed you to send in a blank grid! How soul destroying??!
How is Ginger Mog, he must be getting on, has he trained a successor yrt?