Good morning everyone - for this, the final round for March. Yes, I know there's another weekend to come, but remember I said I'd be away next weekend and the one after, so April will be 'late' as...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 45a The novelist who wrote Trainspotting [5] 10d Word called out when two similar cards are placed in the game with the same name [4] 18d Collective noun for a...
Good morning everyone - chilly morning, lovely sunshine, should be a perfect Autumn day, yummy !! Not so yummy, our efforts this week - a very quiet showing in the points department, but then choosing...
Good morning everyone - well we've landed smack into Autumn here with rain and cool nights ..... Oh bliss !! But what's the betting we have a cold wet Easter and we'll be whinging again. Could be some...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 48a Actress [etc] currently in the drama series Downton Abbey [5] 54a In the Weakest Link, word called out by a contestant prior to a question being asked in an...
Good morning all - Public Holiday here today and they're going to cancel the race meeting because of the heat - it was moved from May because of the wet weather and falling attendance, now there's...
Good morning everyone - Lovely day here, if you happen to like the tropics !! Hot, humid, and yucky, not my favourite at all, but I can stay put near the fan and not doing much, the change won't come...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 20a In anthropology, a sub-group of a tribe; also in geology, a narrow stratum of coal or rock [4] 6d Term for a drink having lost its effervescence, or a...
We recently put in a new washing machine after 20 years, and the 'cold water only' hose came as a surprise !! Haven't received an electricity bill yet, but has anyone noticed a rise in the cost of...
Morning all, - not quite such a rush this morning, and we've a nice sunny week ahead of us which we'll enjoy, given that the rest of the country is being flooded or blown away, or both !! And a nice...
Good morning everyone - busy busy day, so I'd better get this done before I forget, but ...... This is the start of a new month which will have to be a 'short' one, likewise the first week of April,...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 25a Joint of the human body covered by the patella bone [4] 30a The skin of a potato or the loose paper cover of a book [6] 3d Vegetable related to chives,...
Good morning all - lovely lovely rain is falling here, settling the dust, freshening up the gardens, and just possibly sending the humidity levels through the roof, but I'm not complaining, not one...
Good morning everyone - Summer's having another blast at us this weekend, hot humid windy and maybe thunderstorms !! what I wouldn't give for a nice frosty nippy morning ... grr Four to keep us on our...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 2d The action of a moving oar, also a unit of scoring in golf [6] 10d The actor who starred as Boromir in The Lord of the Rings etc [4] 56d The Da Vinci ----;...
Good morning all - hot, humid and sticky .... if anyone wants it, please take it away, free, we're doing all we can to get rid of it !!! This isn't what Summer's supposed to be ... roll on Autumn And...