Just returned from a weekend away and am trying to catch up on the crosswords as follows:- Rock hit first in Mid Wales (8) ?A?PE??R. Railway crossing in which two tracks cross over one another at an acute angle (7) Is It Diamond?D?A?O?D. Is 24d STOOK. It doesn't specify 12 sheaths in my dictionary? Item worn by winner of an all female race in medieval times (5) S???K. Tropical american tree of the quassai family whose bark had medicinal properties. (9) S?M?R?U?A. ?Locust also known as pygmy grasshopper (6) ?R?U?E. A member of an idigenous people who live in western siberiea (6) ?S?Y?E.
Sorrry - but I was visiting my parents on the south coast as it was mother's day. Only got back by 15.30 on Sunday suffering from withdrawal symptoms.Managed MM links before I went but scored zero again. Normal service will be resumed this next weekend I hope.