Good morning all, here we are with a new month's contest and already I can hear the engines running, it'll be another quick take-off when then green flag goes down. Winter has well and truly arrived...
Last week, Valerie and I spent some quality time with slaney in Kilkee on the southwest coast of Ireland. In my absence, gen2 stepped in to provide his usual admirable service for which I am truly...
I'm having trouble with the bottom left hand corner, so will be grateful for any help. 52. Unitarian minister who founded the Transcendental Club with Ralph Waldo Emerson (5)H???? 39. Type of roof...
Welcome to the fifth and final week in the reign of “Sir Robin of Linksley” (aka Aquagility). Hopefully, the points will be flying off the shelf over the next couple of days. We hear a lot...
Good morning all, from a cold and wet South Oz, where winter has well and truly arrived several days ahead of schedule and the 'boys' think it's great to tear around the garden and get soaking wet,...
Welcome to the Shrubbery. “Sir Robin of Links-ley” (aka Aquagility) has been teasing you all to guess his links over the last 4 weeks. Sometimes points were hard to find and then other...
Please could someone explain what is meant by ( There is some signicance in the order of the clues but, "Paired " word or "P" word, there are occasions when the definition has been...
May I bid you a very Summery welcome to the fourth and penultimate week in the reign of “Sir Robin of Linksley” (aka Aquagility). Working forever in inverse chronological order, I regress...
Good morning all - is it still only week 4 ?? seems like May has been going on forever !!! Think it's just me really, having spent all of the past two days wading through files, papers, etc and...
Oh dear, looks like I'll be on a charge of dereliction of duty tonight. I all but forgot that our dear leader, Crofter, has gone AWOL this weekend and I have been left with the keys to the...
I've had a £2 'Long List' football bet this week, over 3 days and the only result I am waiting for is the play-off at Morecambe (v Dag and Red) tomorrow night. If Dagenham win, I make nearly 300...
Thanks to chuck, I have now managed to open the street view of Google by moving the little yellow man. However, on some views, I can only see one side of the road, and not the houses on the other. Is...
P for PAIRS” (The Fifth Dragonfly Quiz) Consider the following cryptic clues ~ all answers begin with the letter “P” 1. Mythical representation of a horsefly? (7) 2. Duck! The...
10a Of time, pass silently (6) I have -L-P-E 12a In biology, the pairing of chromosomes at the start of meiosis (8) I have -Y-A-S-S I thought it was zycotics, but the down clues rule this out. Any...
Am stuck on just a few, would appreciate a bit of help, please. 12a in biology the pairing of chromosomes at the start of meiosis (8) ?y?a?sis 16a the face and head of a fox or other animal (4) ?a?k...
Good morning all - it's been another beautiful day here but rain is predicted for the end of the week, oh well, it has to come sometime !! Another busy weekend at KM HQ as well, with quite a good...
With “Sir Robin of Linksley” astounding his readers yet again ~ relating tales of a life of seclusion and danger ~ he chose the following links: Wild CHILD Wood C*CK (male bird!) FOSSIL...
May I bid you a very warm welcome to the third week in the reign of “Sir Robin of Linksley” (aka Aquagility). Perhaps our very own crofter was joking last week, but he reminded me of the...