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Mad over Fifties Club

The Club is now Open Welcome one and all on this cold but no longer snowy evening. The Committee wish to extend their thanks to all members who so splendidly helped out last week with the digging and...

starwalker

Listener Crossword 4116 - A(nother) Game of 1 by Glow-worm

Although I am nowhere near finished, the grid-fill seems fairly straightforward. Despite the very long preamble, I am not expecting any major problems, so please can we try to keep any hints to an...

lashley

spec 1993

last one-help and explanation please 23d parents,irregularly collude with son 4 OLD? looks like olds -2nd,4th,6th letters of collude pllus s for son but can't find confirmation-or oldy????????thanks...

perdell

st 4410

10a perhaps only 10 inches below where your standing? 9) u?d?R???? 4D some patron contributes tip to go in here (5) t???c 9d almost falls in street on bits from the butcher?(8) ???m?l?s 26a unoriginal...

naomi24

Let's get philosophical.......

At Christmas, what's more important .... money - aka presents and toys - or love and family and friends being together?

joggerjayne

Rufus, today ... explanation?

25d. The student has a place in Tibet (5). So, presumably the answer is LLAMA ? I'm working on the basis that ... 24a. is "ALL OUT" 27a. is AWAY 29a. is APPAREL This means that 25d. would be...

jonnyg777

5 sports played with a ball and without a net?

Years ago someone once told me that there are 5 (or 7) sports that are played with a ball, but without a net.. we can only get a few..any ideas?

AndrewG-S

EV 944 Standard

An enjoyable puzzle this week. Was slow on the starter but sped up as the pudding beckoned.

jenesais

toughie 470

1a visitor to mecca`s reason for being voted masterchef? ??r?a?b?t?e? two words 6 6 22d one of the chieftains compere`s run out of clubs e?e?r

midazolam

Listener 4115: Invisible Ink II by Sabre

Invisible Ink was back in 1995, before I started solving the listener, however I have solved a few of Sabre's puzzles, who often uses ciphers and this is no exception. The grid filling started off...

crapmemory

Qatar world cup 2022

Temperatures in Qatar in July average 41 degrees! Who can play football in that temperature?

AndrewG-S

EV 943 Upstarts

All looks quiet out there, or have I missed the thread again? Have a full grid with thematics, but no quotation or author yet, although one part of the grid looks promising. Good clueing this week...

Philoctetes

Listener 4114 - Three Square by Elap

No - I haven't quite finished it yet. Still, one of the joys of a Listener comes when you learn something new, and primitive triangles are new to me. I assume that the numbers in the threes are also...

albaqwerty

Leslie Nielsen

Sad news. Seemed like a very nice man.

bjenn47

Sunday Business Post

Regretting destruction by note R?I?N

zita-green

Spectator

Strangely silent out there. Does anyone have a copy?

cluelessJoe

Listener 4113 Liberty Bell by Pieman

Phew, that was a tough one

baggiepete

Capitals

I have 6 capital cities represented by black squares but still struggling to find 16 down and 19 down. Could there be more than 6 capital cities,I wonder?

misto

D M Monday

27a, Mineral has run in explosive, causing fast flow. (7) 23d Bread protein's in oversupply, at European limits. (6)...