Am very disappointed to find that today's Telegraph cryptic crossword is currently in a till in our local Waitrose, given in return for some free chocolates! There have been several Waitrose offers...
Stuck on last one , Any help very much appreiated. 50A/ A long length of brightly coloured cloth worn as a sarong - like garment in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar & Sri Lanka. I have L?N?I ( 5...
Good morning everyone and welcome to the first week of the new contest, which in between everything else we'll try to pack into this busy month, we'll somehow try and remember to do each Saturday...
Good Evening AB Linkers, everywhere! I have returned from the warm climes of Tenerife to a chilly UK and have developed a cough and cold over the last few days. I really think it’s an acute...
Many thanks to the well wishers ~ the weather on Tenerife was perfect with cloudless skies and temperatures in the low seventies. I am grateful for the cover provided by my very good friend gen2 on...
Welcome to the fourth and final week of links set by me, King Krophta the Quizzical, otherwise known as crofter. I should be back from Tenerife by now, but in a state of absolutely exhaustion having...
Good morning everyone - you'll be happy to hear [!] that down-under's weather has now matched yours. The heat has gone and we have strong winds and horizontal rain so I have no idea who's in charge of...
Good Evening AB Linkers, everywhere! Wind, rain, gales, floods - we've experienced them all this week. Except, that is, for Crofter who has been sampling the more tropical climate of Tenerife. Today...
What a weekend! Points for almost everyone for a change, but more of that later. As far as I could see, King Krophta didn't leave any clues to his pairings this week so I will just announce his chosen...
Welcome to the third week of links set by me, King Krophta the Quizzical, otherwise known as crofter. At this very moment I am in Tenerife enjoying the sun ~ it’s in the 70’s! I told you...
Good morning everyone - having heard the reports of half the UK being under water I wonder just how many of us there will be on deck today. Crofter had his timing right, ticking off to Tennerife...
Welcome to the second week of links set by me, King Krophta the Quizzical, otherwise known as crofter. I hope that the healthy harvest of points last week was to everybody’s liking and now I...
Good morning from a very hot down-under - we've had a week of over 35d each day and tomorrow predicts 40d just for a change !! Pity I can't parcel it up and send it over to the UK and perhaps get some...
Good morning everyone - sorry I'm a bit on the late side, but I'm here now so down to work. In spite of there being quite a number of options with Saturday''s links, a fair few selected the correct...
Every year at this time I get a kind of reaction to something. It's like little spots which seem to bubble up from under my skin near my mouth. It's isn't always at the same place but always below my...
ive had a high water bill and all we keep being told to do is check the meter and see if we have a leak, a plumber said that for the amount of the bill if we had a leak we would have been floating out...
Welcome to the first week of pitting your wits against “King Krophta the Quizzical” (aka crofter). Whilst previous setters have revealed part of their private lives, I have been hiding...
Good morning everyone from a very sunny little spot that will, I'm told, be totally over the top, heat wise, next week !!! Predicting a week of 37d temperature - does anyone want to swap countries ???...