Spectator 1997 Saturday January 15th 2011

[mintyman99]

http://www.spectator....6610218/crossword.pdf

[slaney]

Thanks for the link mintyman.
Congratulations to crofter for his win in the Christmas crossword. I hope the bottle of champagne is a good one!

[kayakamina]

Thanks for the link as always mintyman.

I add my congratulations to crofter, a good friend of this site. Unless I'm mistaken a couple of other Aber's are prizewinners.

The usual Doc standard puzzle; for a while I was thinking weights and measures!

[tenflags]

TVM as usual MM99 and congrats to crofter and the other aber's then.

[JMR27]

Thanks mintyman.
Well done to crofter! :o))

[roslyn251254]

Thank you for the link M. Well done to Crofter! Nice straightforward puzzle today!

[crofter]

What a pleasant surprise! I opened up this posting to print off this week's challenge completely unaware of my good fortune. Thanks for your good wishes.

My congratulations go to ulysses for last week's EV.

[lashley]

thanks for link-we were among the runners up!so now have 3 dictionaries of slang-2 by j.green!

[snikwal]

I too pleasingly am a prizewiiner in the Christmas crossword. Hopefully i can make use of a slang dictionary for future crosswords!

[teacher1]

Congratulations to all the winners. ;o)

[teacher1]

27d. Can anyone confirm this has something to do with a place in the London Borough of Barnet ? Or, am I completely on the wrong track ? Thanks.

[snikwal]

Hi teacher1. Havent really started on this crossword yet but i suggest you think about the London borough of Millhill and take the word play from there to arrive at misfortune as the definition. Hope this helps.

[snikwal]

Correction: I should say Millhill a . place in a london borough as indicated in the clue

[zita-green]

Thanks, Mintyman and congrats to all abers. I, too, thought of weights and measures at first.

[mlso1]

I'm going mad. I can't get 20a or 21d. I've done everything else, including the theme. Any help much appreciated. Lynn

[djawhufc]

Apse (sounds like apps on iphone)
Scent (trail of clues s from singular in 25 down and cent for 100)

[mlso1]

Thanks for that. It had to be APSE but, I'm not into iphones and didn't understand it! Should have got the other though. Lynn

[cruciverbali]

Thanks mintyman - a belated Happy New Year to you.

I particularly liked the Dame's guest appearance at 23 across !