Well this is my last week as setter and I face it with mixed feelings. We started with the Bard and "Darling Buds of May" and now I know what the Bard meant when he wrote "Good night. Parting is such...
Has it been another week already? I hope we are in for a smoother ride than last week. Does anybody know what happened to take AB off line for so long? Rumour has it that AB Editor answered THREE...
Here we are, at the business end of yet another month and this is where crunch time occurs !!! Will the reigning king continue in that position or will another sweep him aside in a blaze of glory and...
I have been asked to compile a quiz for my children's school, which is celebrating it's 50th Anniversary this year. All the questions/answers need to be related to 50. They can be cryptic, general...
I'd be very grateful if anyone could please clarify an answer I'm not quite sure about? I've got Circus Ring. No. 8. Though the circle has been squared, activity here goes on in the round. (6,4). The...
I c the body parts quiz can u help me now pleaz tlHdnkwtrHid (saying) mHmlw (saying) coyNtsyF (saying) jatH (saying) bioSd (saying) Tic (saying) aMaMoH (saying) former labour party leader jazz...
Not been able to get the Guardian for the answers to yesterday's cryptic. Please help with answers to 1a Slip back into the gun room (6) 5a They don't believe in free speech (4,4) H_C_ _ _ R _ 13a...
The answers are items found in the garden (not just plants) 1. Cow's name (9) 2. "Victory" cost 5400 of these (3,5) 3. Castle shape (4) 4. 19th century military adornment (5) 5. Shame (6) 6. Regency...
This third week of the reign of Baron Burgess has proved yet again that he does not want to give away many points and has been very difficult to pin down! This week has followed the same pattern as I...
Having spent a lot of Sunday evening trying to submit a late entry, I gather from other postings that AB was unobtainable for most of the weekend. Does that mean that the KM Links game could not take...
29a how many are back in quarters4 N?N? nine ?none if so,why 25d monogram gary rhodes has on it? 4 ?I?G ring? ps are other people finding it takes ages to get a response from the site?
Hullo !! who changed the wall paper ?? everything looks rather strange !!! however I think I'm in the right spot to post the link for this weekend's competition. I notice the 'shrubbery sirens' are at...
Just got my quiz back and scored 94 1/2 (sorry haven't mastered the fractions yet). Really pleased with that. I know I had help and gave some so a good all round effort thanks to ABers. I got 91 wrong...
This is the very first EV that I have completed completely on my own and within one day! I am well chuffed! I have now attempted 12 of these and have finished 9 on them, but always with the generous...
This second week of May went much smoother and far more points have been picked up! I can now reveal the latest chosen Link Words of burgess (aka Alan) and they are: Bottle NOSE(D) Glass...
I thought the idea of this Links Game was to get as many points as possible (not stop when you have TWO points)! Did I make it too hard for you? Did some of you rush in without pausing for thought?...
wind up having miner represented in tate (9) agreeing section was sent in german (9) doctor called so i was confined to a particular area (9)sitting outside postulating (6) ruling section of runnymede...
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more sweaty and more bad tempered(?) Rough winds do shake the darling buds of APRIL(?) And the SETTER's lease hath all too short a date! We do our best...
Posting a little early this weekend as I'll be out most of the day but hopefully back in time to see the start of proceedings though just having read the Crofter Hot Line have no idea what time that...