Good morning all - from sunny down-under, where autumn has arrived, bringing floods and strong winds, just for good measure !! And a nice little group of challenging links for us to attempt for the...
Here are Today's shaded clues for you - 13a Stone fruit pulverised with anchovies and capers to make ........ tapenade [5] 44a One of the three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire etc [6] 47a...
Good morning all - well we've had a cool change, sort-of, still feel as if I'm melting, but at least out of the freezer - can't persuade the laptop to function properly in there, more's the pity !! We...
Good morning everyone - from a very hot down south, where the temp will get to about 39d just because it wants to and the household is all lying around in the coolest spots it can find !! And to top...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 15a Of various gun dogs, including cocker spaniels and setters, to locate game and drive it from it's hiding place etc [5] 37 a Traditional gemstone gift for a...
Good morning everyone - and a bit of a bleak one here, and not just weather-wise !! thought the cool change is very welcome. No, whatever happened to the lovely points-scoring free-for-all of last...
Good morning everyone - our new month is ticking over very nicely and lots of players got a wriggle-on with their tallies last week One very modest soul has kept well under the radar, namely the Star...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 14a Traditional colour of a hunting pink and the name of the cloth from which it is tailored [7] 15a The underground lair of a fox [5] 1d UK-born Australian...
Good morning all - warm and sunny here, but then I doubt you really want to hear that !! Running a bit late after the Telegraph chucked a wobbly and hid the Herculis - just not in the same place they...
Good morning everyone - sunny and mild here after some sub-tropical rain and cold winds, but warming up again next week back into the mid 30's .. Summer hasn't finished with us yet !! Four nice little...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 5a Mary ----: English cookery writer who co-judges The Great British Bake-Off television series [5] 55a Medieval association of craftspeople in a particular...
Good morning everyone - and something of a shaky start to our new month with Kate throwing in not one but two curlies for us to contend with. One of the players got very lucky and picked up the points...
Good morning all - another early start for me while you'll all struggling out from under a blanket of snow !! no such luck for me, though the heat has gone walkabout for now. Usually February is one...
here are today's shaded clues for you - 53a Actor and scientologist whose early films included Risky Business, Top Gun, Cocktail and Rain Man [6] 7d Term for an 18th-century British dandy sporting a...
Good morning everyone - and what I wouldn't give for a snowfall and an open fire !! still hot and humid, though a change is supposed to be somewhere around ... my guess is, we've had it and no -one...
Good morning everyone - anyone for hot and sticky ?? that's what we've got today and it's not nice !! while the days are hot and clear and the nights cool down, I can manage, but when the tropical...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 21a Historically, charitable deeds or money donated to the poor [4] 22a Creature in the phylum Anthropoda and subphylum Hexapoda [6] 28d Section of the human...
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...