This is Manx Queenie, welcoming you all to the (sometime) summer month of June which has, I have discovered, five weeks in which you have to suffer words of wisdom from this quarter. I am currently...
Good morning everyone from a pretty soggy South Oz - thank you all for the rain wishes, they've arrived in abundance and with some sunny days forecast for mid-week the weeds will be taking over !!...
8 D – They have to climb down when they have conquered (12) ?o?n?a?n???? 19 D - Catch at small faults in fish (4) ???? 22 A – Refined language used by editor (8) ??l???e? 20 A – With mouth wide...
OK, 5 mins later than usual, this is gen2 posting the game on behalf of BigMac. This is BigMac returning with the fourth and final instalment of the May MM Links game, again concentrating on sports....
Good morning everyone - typical Autumn day here, overcast but not really cold, so doing things outdoors is not impossible. Good to come into the fire later on, though' Thinking caps on for some of...
help please 1a a beastly pair paralyse bait for one 7 ends m 9a show high places etc 9 ??????C?? 11a civil and mild characters say 'we were told'5,8 ?????/?U?????? 15a desperately poor faces that...
This is BigMac returning with week three of the May MM Links. I start with a rant: John Terry did not play this week, just as he did not play a year ago. If he respected himself, let alone his...
Good morning everyone - chilly night, bedsox, sunny day ..... Autumn's here for the time being, but we need more rain Interesting links this morning, what will you make of these - THUMB ROYAL SCIENCE...
This is 'Big Mac' returning with week two of the May MM Links malarkey. We approach summer (seem to have by-passed spring) and colleagues talked longingly last week about getting the barbecues out at...
Good morning everyone - from crazy down under !! It's May ... well we know that, but I'm wearing Tshirts and cool things, and there's a bushfire raging in the Adelaide Hills .... go figure !! And...
This is BigMac here, with week one of the May MM Links mayhem. Older readers will remember my last series – where I mentioned my love of sport. So following the announcement on Tuesday of the...
Good morning everyone - still getting my head around the time difference now the clocks have done their little dance - I forget I have to post in the middle of the afternoon. Four nice links for us...
'STRIX THE DILETTANTE' has teased you all for the last time (though he may reap-pear at a later date) and brought the month to a close with the following links: CHERRY PICKER (You know, one of those...
Spring, at last, seems to have sprung. Our snowdrops having been in flower for what seems like forever have packed it in. Daffodils, at long last, are out. There is, in the Strix garden, an invasion...
Good morning everyone - very mild and windy here, but more rain on its way .... Well it's that time of the year !! Four links with plenty of options today, so thinking caps on for the final round -...
Please help me to get started!! 1d) Storyteller and writer head off to tour city (7) 2d) New one in charge keeps form in revivalist style (10) 7d) Commandeered suitable day (12) 10d) European pair...