'Middling' difficulty this week, I reckon, which might be why I got a 'middling' score of 4 yet again:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-53944351
Any takers?...
Moderately easy this week, I think, but I still couldn't do better than my regular score of 4. So how about you?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-53930865...
JimF posted to say that he'd found my last crossword easy, having completed it in around 10 minutes. So I've tried to come up with a tougher one, just to slow him down a bit ;-) So, for Jim (and for...
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This post will be of no value to those of you who only dine out at The Ivy because you couldn't get a table at La Gavroche. Neither will it interest those of you who only lower yourselves to shop in...
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I just heard this song as a 'filler' between programmes on an internet comedy radio station and realised that I've probly not heard it for nearly 60 years. (My mother strongly disapproved of it...
Queen Anne and Queen Victoria". "Top of the shop: The perfume department on the 6th floor of Harrods". "Unlucky for some: Uncle Andrew's Newsnight interview" "Heinz varieties: Er, what do Heinz make?"...
The cat lovers here might enjoy this news story ;-) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-53615520 . . . but if you prefer dogs, here's a good news story for you too!...
You lot (well, most of you, anyway) were, to put it bluntly, pathetic last week, with no fewer than SEVENTEEN of you scoring just 1 or 2! I'm sure that you'll all bounce back this week though and...
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Fairly straightforward this week, I think, allowing me to attain a fairly decent score of 5, but I'm sure that some of lot will do better than that, won't you?...