What a month! My abacus lit up red for the second time in a month! Was it you? Find out later. 'Joan the Wad', Queen of the Pixies (aka pixie373) bows out with her final set of pairings which were:...
13a) Gain a cold greeting from Adam? (7) 15d) Practical joker's influence in classic race (no saint) (3-6) 18a) Consumed to get self-confidence, all right? That's nonsense (12) 24a) Nothing fresh in...
Good morning, everyone. This is 'Joan the Wad', Queen of the Pixies, here for the last of September's challenges. Weekend off work for me, so we'll be going for a long dog-walk, dropping one daughter...
a streaming cold for the last couple of days is affecting my brain cells, just a few left on this one .... 10a means of expressing identity on island in the irish sea (5) i?i?m 11a one getting a grip...
Good morning everyone - fine and mild here today, but there's warmer stuff on the way. The cat has just walked across my iPad and scrambled everything I've typed so I'll try again grrrr ! Four nice...
Good morning everyone - lovely burst of summer here with several days in the mid-twenties, breaking us in gently for a change, before the really hot stuff arrives [ not before December I hope !! ] A...
Stuck on two
7 across Administrative capital of Switzerland (7) ?T?B?A?
10 across Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others (10)
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Any help appreciated. Thanks...
The Queen of Pixies was back in a mean mood this week. She gave you four challenges that all had so many possibilities that your guesses were spread thinly. The links worth points were: BACK ACHE...
6 down: fellow has clean home (6) D?S??? (Dusted? If so why?) 7 down: foreign visitors can't see where to pause on trips (7,8) S?R???E. ?T?T?O?S. ( strange stations). If so don't get the wordplay 13...
Morning everyone, this is 'Joan the Wad', Queen of the Pixies, back with week three of September's challenges. It's been an exceptionally busy week with my work (homecare). On Monday alone we had...
Good morning everyone - after early rain, it's turned into a lovely Sunday warm day, ideal for getting the washing dry and for clearing away the mess our beautiful lemon scented gum made last Monday...
4down reads "initially zero info mostly on US railway circulating and West Coast line in red (9). I have the answer as 'ZINFANDEL' but I'm unable to fully justify it, so would be grateful for a...