Dear Chums, Sadly, my Slotober has turned into Dumvember. I am grinding my teeth, both of them, on these, 5ac: "Constant work of a policeman going around with a diplomat" (7); and 1dn:... ...
13d Cautious ponder. ?l?i?e?a?e. A word search comes up with sluicegate, illiterate and alliterate. But none of those seem to fit the wordplay. 25a Inadequacy shown by nephew wearing suit in untidy... ...
Good evening, all! The C-word is almost upon us! I've received my first C-word card. (OK, it's actually a multi-faith "Season's Greetings" card, from the Association of Women & Youth Against... ...
One last one stumping me after a valiant effort (as so often happens: who can explan that?). 28a One accepted encompassing Parthenon's central section (6). ATHENA parses (AA around THEN) but if... ...
Two left over from an unfinished holiday puzzle :- With which one's had possibly not really good seafood (6) ?C?M?I. The answer is SCAMPI (seafood) but, whilst I get SCAM (With which... ...