Here is the final jest from 'The Court Jester'. This lovely frivolous game has now been running for 5 years, or some 60-odd months, so almost all of the regular players must have had a chance to set...
Goodness is it that time of the month already! This weekend you will find out who is January Champion in both versions of the game. In the MM Links Game, there is as yet no clear contender for the...
Good morning everyone - hot and sticky here today, yuck weather in fact !! so I'll be looking for a cool spot very soon, roll on Autumn. Well some of you took my admonishings to heart last week and...
Good morning again - warm and sunny here and getting warmer too. The garden is needing plenty of attention in the evenings so an early start again today so I can go sit in a chair and wave a hose...
Once again this is 'The Court Jester'. As I sit here making preparations for the entertainments to mark the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Dragon, I am reminded of a Chinese proverb. ‘Be...
The MM Links game got off to a slow start for January but picked up last week with an average-scoring game. Tomorrow at 8:45 am, 'The Court Jester' aka Kettledrum, will open procedings in Q & P...
Hello everybody, well December is slowly coming to an end, and of course 2011 and least important of all my reign as December’s setter, I am still not very good with the workings of the computer...
Good morning everyone - I was able to grab the Herculis just after midnight, hence the early posting, with organisation going full-steam ahead here !!! A mixed bag with the links, all quite...
The game has now ended and the scores have been added up. I can now reveal that King John's chosen links were: RED CROSS SNOW WHITE BLUE CHEESE GREEN FINGERS Thank goodness for popular pantomimes. I...
11d, Tongue-lashing sending words cruelly (8,4) ?R?????G / ?O?? Is this Dressing Down 20d, Fortification left surrounded by Indians (6) ?A?T?? Is this Castle , What has Indians got to do with Castles...
Good morning everyone - life's a little hectic right now, the invasion comes about this time next Saturday and hopefully all will be ready - fingers crossed!! So I'll take this opportunity to wish you...
This is 'King John' back for what will be the third week of my December stint as link setter. I hope that despite the many problems I have caused, you will bear with me. Sadly, I am in gen2's black...
I apologise for yet another false start to the game. It appears that the document with the agreed posting went astray and an improvised posting went up instead. The game has now closed (19:00), the...
My copy of the Week magazine due on Friday has still not arrived. Could someone possibly scan a copy of the crossword and email it to me? [email protected] Thanks
Welcome to this week’s competition, I have based this week’s theme on one of the finest horse races, the Grand National, no special knowledge of racing is required, just the usual...
Good morning all - getting an early start here as the great pre-visitors clean up is in full swing and I'm likely to forget to come back and post !! again, a nice little group with the potential to...