Good morning everyone, for this final week of 2009 - goodness, that went quickly !!! Now, before getting onto other matters - Next weekend - while I believe MM is taking a well-earned break for a...
Good morning and Happy Boxing Day to all - trust we're all good to go this morning or are a few of the tribe feeling a little fragile ??? particularly around the little grey cells ??? No excuse, out...
Here are the shaded questions from today's crossword - 38a Tapestry cloth of silk, linen or cotton woven with a pattern on either side [6] 39a Actor whose early film roles includeLt Pete 'Maverick'...
Ho Ho Ho !!!! or should that read - Good morning everyone !!! Thank goodness for ulysses having read the fine print and giving us some direction and while some of us [ including me ] threw in the...
Good morning everyone - well I hope you've all got your thinking caps on this morning because I don't have the faintest idea what we're supposed to do with the crossword with which Kate has presented...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 39a The third in the series of five Christmas books written by Charles Dickens [7,2,3,6,] 90a The second in the series of Christmas books written by Dickens...
Good morning everyone - to what will be a somewhat delayed version of the results. Though I realise it's pretty early for most of you, there may be one or two who have already finished the Herculis...
Good morning everyone - ready for another assault on the link words today ?? Well, I don't like our chances of the bonanza of points scored last week, given the words Kate has provided for us, unless...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 37a One of the political parties involved in the parliamentary expenses scandal uncovered this year [6] 46a Jamaican sprinter who won three gold medals in...
Good morning everyone - I do hope you've all had a pleasant weekend and facing the new week relaxed and well-rested after the hijinks of Saturday morning, when she-who-shall-remain-nameless tried to...
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...
Here are this morning's shaded questions for you - 16a Boundary of bushes and shrubs [5] 20a Mouse-like rodent in the family that includes hamsters and lemmings [4] 27d A mass of very fine water...
Good morning everyone and welcome to a bumper episode of KM results to close the contest. What an avalanche of points were scored - in excess of 140 so most entries were lucky ones. Just before we get...
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...
Here are the shaded questions from today's Crossword - 18a "One touch of ------ makes the whole world kin..." Troilus and Cressida, Act 111, Scene 3 [6] 60a Species of falcon resembling a...
Our happy earlybird, waterboatman ??? Has he gone off on one of his barges up/down the canal !!! Or has the canal over flowed and washed him away - I do hope not, he's the one bright spark in the...
Good morning everyone - as we begin to wind up this contest, with only another week to go - at least there was a better sprinkling of points this time around, inspite of a couple of 'unexpected'...
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...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 13a Defenceless male honey bee [5] 31a Item passed from runner to runner in a relay race [5] 34a Network of pipes and cables used to distribute high-voltage...