Good morning everyone - another early start but not a day to be gardening here, inspite of a promised fine weekend .. don't you just hate it when the weather turns out nothing like the forecast. Just...
Welcome to week 2 of the MM Links. This is Queen Hatshepsut with you again to pose another set of challenging link words and hopefully another cascade of points for all. You may well wonder at my...
This is your setter for the month and while I go by the name of seekeerz most of the time, my regal nom de plume for August will be Queen Hatshepsut Hatty was a very spunky lady and like most women,...
Good morning everyone - sun's shining but the wind is very brisk and rather lazy with it .... tends to go straight through instead of round, so inside chores today [like playing around on my laptop...
Hello all Evers, Well, I promise never to publicly state that an EV was easy! This was a struggle, only a couple of gifts on the first pass through. The title and grid numbering gave me a megaton hint...
Good morning everyone - lovely sunny morning here, but a lot of white stuff on the grass early means we'll be in for a glorious day .... nice for a drive which is what we're doing !! First I have to...
This is King John 11 (aka Rockfirdill) here with my 4th (and final) attempt at being the MM setter. I know now how careful one must be with these preambles! All must be triple checked etc. etc. 'cos...
Good morning everyone - sun's shining but way too cold to be out in the garden so I'm off to the kitchen to do some baking ... one way to keep warm !! Four neat little [!!] link words for us, plenty...
18 across is not in Chambers 2011! Understandably setters may have used previous editions when compiling these crosswords but if the preamble goes to the trouble of mentioning that a place name is not...
At one time archery was crucial to the defence and protection of England. It was the great long bow that won, among others, the battle of Agincourt .English longbowmen could loose between 6 and 8...
Good morning everyone - an early start again, but I figured if I sat and thought any longer I'd change my selections all over again and get myself into a real muddle !! Yes, it's like that with the...
An enjoyable puzzle but really once you have the grid fill and letters the highlighting is hardly a challenge. Would have been so much more fun without the across misprint letters.
Last week I alluded to the Wey & Arun Canal so I thought it appropriate to give a little more background to this, I hope, worthy cause. The Canal was thought about and planned in the very early...
Good morning everyone - sunshine again, after hail, sleet, wind .... you name it, but too cold to be outside so the roses get a reprieve for a day or so !! Hope someone has organised a large umbrella...
Grid fill a little too straightforward for my liking but fair enough. Not entirely happy with the instruction though. Taken literally it doesn't seem quite right. Anybody else think this? I am...
Good morning everyone - another early start for just the same reason, the sun is shining and I'm going to prune my roses before the next spell of wet, cold and windy arrives [ should be about Tuesday...
This is Rockfordill back to challenge you after a 2-year hiatus. Thanks to Gen 2 I have been re-elevated to regal status as King John II so I have progressed from a rather unfortunate character with...
We Kick off the new month with more of the wet stuff causing travel disruption. The shrubbery, along with many other gardens is suffering. But it is time to forget it all and take a break to...
Fun puzzle. Very clever to find 5 pairs of words that provide the thematic material in such an appropriate way. Huzzah for Kcit! Heading towards 102 today, so it's cooling off some ;( Still no rain in...
Got there in the end after a muddled start and it all fell into place quickly at the finish. I enjoyed this puzzle and for me it had just the right amount of difficulty. I love EV Sundays!