I have just put a collar (with a bell) on my cat. She has never worn a collar before and I think the bell is driving her bonkers. She is dememted trying to find it. How long is it likely to take for...
I have been working on this for three weeks but just cannot finish it. Can anyone help, please? 10 ac Loves to devour a volume, mouldy though it is (5) - - o - o 12 ac What backers of horses must...
This was a Championship Competition Crossword and I am getting nowhere with it. Can anyone help please? 9ac End of martinet confounded by egg-head (9) 14ac His houses are heavenly (10) 22ac Old as...
4d Game birds obstruct the hunter (3,3,5) f - - / - - - / g - e- e. Last word looks like geese 12ac It must the 24 (9) - - c - s - a - -- The answer to 24 is Ready (Clue: The cash in hand?) Thanks for...
2d Short, short, long - the sound of Anna on the ski trail (8) 1st letter A 3d Dim, but dogged (8) 1st letter S 4d Apt description of Mycroff Holmes (9) 1st letter D (Detective perhaps?) 10ac False...
I'm back! Having managed t he last three on my own I'm really stuck on this one and would welcome some help. 1ac Bloomer calls for, I trust, a revision in numbers (10) 5th letter poss. e 9ac...
Thanks for help yesterday. Still 2 to go. 1d Out of the question for a Scotsman at this time! (4) n - - -. (This may refer to something topical at the time!) 9ac Deliveries to bodies of men which...
6d Gilbert's Lord Chancellor, crossing Salisbury Plain (7) b - c - i - - ( I am not certain about the 'b') 18d Record one volume in shortened form (7) 3rd letter i 19d In stitches in the theatre,...
1ac Advance a theory in favour of sterling (8) 8ac In clubland it's handy for Paddy (10) 10ac Whereby surveyors kept Pa from Poppins country (5-5, 4) No letters as I just cannot get started on this...
21ac Caesar's father not right in the head (4) p - - e Pate perhaps, but why? 22d Buildings for break down trucks (6) - - - e - s ( the 1st letter of this word is also the 3rd letter of 21ac) All...
I hope this is the right place. My husband is dyslexic and following on from some very basic tests at school, my son also appears to be dyslexic. He is only 5 and I want to support and help him...
MY cats kitten is now just over 3 weeks. He was the only one in the litter so is quite a big boy for his age! Was just wondering if anyone knew when would be the best time to introduce a litter tray...
My kitten will be 6 months old on the 21st July. My vet recommended spaying her at six months old, although said she could be spayed as soon as five months old. My predicament is - I am going away on...
11ac Mind out - a society can provide such amusement (9,6) s - - - - - i - - / - - - - - y 14ac Timepiece unable to strike one? (8) 25ac Water for a mother pig.(5,4) 1st word starts with A 5d Jack...
1ac You can't go through the card if you stic k to these courses (5,5) - a - l - / d - o - e 9ac A suitable case for referring to the Receiver (6) d - - i - e 16d Strangely prescient about what L...
18d Scratch, having a tie (8) 2nd letter i 25d End up with a cry of pain, a beastly cry (5) 24ac Being subject to error (5) 29ac Fail to take advantage of a war. Why? To order! (5,4) - - r - - / - - -...
10ac Effect of fire on skin - note by surgeon (7) b - i - - - - 23ac Secret society (singularly unsuited for getting coal) (4) t - - - 30ac Manx pawnbroker, notice, with nothing on (6) - n- - - d 3d...