It's Friday again, so here we go yet again. However there aren't just three, but FOUR, quizzes to test out your little grey cells this week ;-) I got off to a good start this week, with SIX out of...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 12a. Shape of a fortune teller’s orbuculum for crystal gazing, a formal social gathering such as a masquerade, or a spherical mass of wound string, wool or yarn....
As a committee member I need to be added as a signatory to our club bank account. I already am for another club, so Barclays have got my verification details. I have been sent a form to give my...
Good morning everyone - it’s Saturday, the sun is shining and the wind is NOt blowing !!!! Wow !!! Garden, here I come, the puzzles can wait !! Now for the links….is the sun shining there ? Who knows,...
It’s Friday again, in a week where we can all blame the heat for our low scores ;-) Having provided my excuse in advance, I can now reveal that I scored just THREE out of seven in the main quiz this...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 11a A fruit preserve of damsons, goosegogs, strawberries or other seasonal glut, etc, (3) 42a. Digits to be pencilled into the cells of sudoku grids, etc (7)...
Good morning everyone - oh dear, Winter has returned, with very cold winds and the promise/threat of rain to come !! This does very nasty things to my sinuses and causing headaches so I’ll be staying...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 32a. Curved shape of a bow, a meander in a river, a half-butt of leather or a type of knit for joining two ropes together. (4) 5d. Word originally for a canvas...
It’s Friday, so here we go again . . It’s a middling start for me this week, with FOUR out of seven in the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62163298 Middling again the kids’ quiz too. THREE...
Good morning everyone - rather dreary here today, not a lot of rain around and luckily, no wind ….that’s a bonus !! Somehow I can’t see me getting outside much, it’s one for staying in and keeping...
A good start for me this week, with SIX out of seven on the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-62076394 The setter of the junior quiz has finally remembered that it's meant for kids and...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 2d. The lower portion of an heraldic shield or an architectural feature such as a column, or the chief ingredient of a recipe. (4) 33d. An old word for any...
Good morning everyone - another sunny day here, looks like I’ll be able to get out and start pruning my roses later on, so fingers crossed for that !! Nice little bunch of links to start the new month...
Week 26? That’s half way through the year! Get those sprouts on for Christmas, folks ;-) A middling start for me this week, with FOUR out of seven on the main quiz:...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 13a. A seaside promenade, the dickey of a shirt traditionally worn with a dinner jacket etc. (5) 32a. Flower such as the apple- scented sweetbriar or any other...
Good morning everyone - and a pretty good one it is, too !! A change for a Saturday, the last few have been rather dire, but the sun is shining, very little breeze and my weeds are demanding attention...
It’s Friday again and, as Tony is back from his hols at last, we can get back to what passes for ‘normality’ here ;-) The golf question caught me out in the main quiz but otherwise I had a smooth...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 54a. Bifurcations in rivers, roads or snakes tongues, tools for lifting hay, or utensils used with spoons when waiting in the silver service style. (5) 6d. A...
Good morning everyone - sun is shining, no breeze to speak of, a lovely Winters day …..hope it stays like this, my weeds need attention. Interesting links, and probably challenging as well …. WHITE...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 13a. Author of The Natural History and the Antiquities of Selborne etc (5) 8d. A landform sometimes bearing a chalk figure of a giant or a white horse or, a...