Good morning all - back to sunny and mild after some spectacularly horrid stuff, rain, wind, lightning, humidity at 200% and the eastern states are flooding - again !!! what is it with this crazy...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 16a The fifth track on Coldplay's debut album Parachutes [6] 41a Syd ------; the stage name of Cyril Mead who formed part of a double act with Eddie Large [6]...
A beautiful lip balm made in France - Le couvent des minimes honey and shea butter - I've hunted round the local stores since my chemist decided not to stock it, even looked at amazon and they seem to...
Good morning everyone - sunny and mild and a Public Holiday here today, lovely weather for it, so out in the garden for me, after posting this well a bit of an anti-climax after last weekend, - I was...
Good morning all - lovely sunny day here, with just a hint of smokiness in the air - Autumn is with us and don't I just love it !!! A great result last week for a lot of the players, can we do a...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 36a Centre of the nervous system which stops growing by about 25 years in humans [5] 17d The -----; series which starred Roger Moore as Simon Templar [5] 32d...
Good morning everyone - and what a very good start it has been to the new month's contest where most of the players have made an impression on the Leader Board already .... this looks really good for...
Good morning all - from sunny down-under, where autumn has arrived, bringing floods and strong winds, just for good measure !! And a nice little group of challenging links for us to attempt for the...
Here are Today's shaded clues for you - 13a Stone fruit pulverised with anchovies and capers to make ........ tapenade [5] 44a One of the three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire etc [6] 47a...
Good morning all - well we've had a cool change, sort-of, still feel as if I'm melting, but at least out of the freezer - can't persuade the laptop to function properly in there, more's the pity !! We...
Good morning everyone - from a very hot down south, where the temp will get to about 39d just because it wants to and the household is all lying around in the coolest spots it can find !! And to top...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 15a Of various gun dogs, including cocker spaniels and setters, to locate game and drive it from it's hiding place etc [5] 37 a Traditional gemstone gift for a...
Good morning everyone - and a bit of a bleak one here, and not just weather-wise !! thought the cool change is very welcome. No, whatever happened to the lovely points-scoring free-for-all of last...
Good morning everyone - our new month is ticking over very nicely and lots of players got a wriggle-on with their tallies last week One very modest soul has kept well under the radar, namely the Star...
Here are today's shaded clues for you - 14a Traditional colour of a hunting pink and the name of the cloth from which it is tailored [7] 15a The underground lair of a fox [5] 1d UK-born Australian...
Good morning all - warm and sunny here, but then I doubt you really want to hear that !! Running a bit late after the Telegraph chucked a wobbly and hid the Herculis - just not in the same place they...
Good morning everyone - sunny and mild here after some sub-tropical rain and cold winds, but warming up again next week back into the mid 30's .. Summer hasn't finished with us yet !! Four nice little...
