Good morning everyone - we're enjoying a glorious weekend, beautiful sunny days after a crisp morning - I love autumn [when it behaves !! ] I sincerely hope I've got the correct links - if so, then...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 21a Insect responsible for transmitting the bacterium yrsina pestis, causing The Black Death [4] 1d Town in Somerset near Cricket St Thomas, film location...
Good morning everyone, from a rather gloomy down-under, we're going to get some rain later and rather a lot of wind - sheep graziers alert has gone out, so we'll be tying down the chooks. Thank you...
Good morning all, I seem to be chasing round in circles today, I'll catch myself somewhere soon, I hope !! Here we are at the start of a new month - doesn't time fly when you're having fun !!! Luckily...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 1d Symbol in the shape of a pointing hand, once used in printing and typography to draw attention to an important note or text [5] 5d Stage name of the...
Stuck on two, so any help would be great - What prefix and adjective relates to something containing the divalent group -N=N- ? [3] Ihave a-o and no idea what the question even means, and - What is a...
Good morning everyone, - Quite a good spread of points over three of the matches for this last week with just one 'unexpected' one in the group and after the Leader Board had been looking a bit...
Good morning everyone - I do hope we're all on board for the last week of the contest, and after some early concerns, I think we have some good possibilities for lots of point scoring. Luckily, a...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 25a The pointed stem of asparagus and broccoli [5] 29a Term for a male turkey [4] 38a Fabric woven from flax [5] 54a Specied of highly endangered African...
Good morning everyone - I hope by now the sun is shining [ I mean during the day, not necessarily at this minute !! ] as we're getting weird tropical overcast days, with the occasional downpour and of...
I know it's a bit early but any help with these two, please - 26d type of fast-moving Portuguese or Spanish sailing vessel [7] -a-a-e- and 27d English artist and prolific painter of horses, hunting...
Good morning everyone - another month is speeding by, definitely a way of making the year go faster, not that it needs any encouragement at all. Time to score some more points with today's links -...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 36d An alloy of iron with trace amounts of carbon [5] 47d Area in a theatre above the stalls [6] 49d Human joint connecting the humerus, radius and ulna [5]...
Good morning everyone, from a glorious autumn day, but one which I've not been enjoying very much - I seem to have acquired an odd little lergy and I wish I knew from where, so that I could return it...
Good morning everyone - well, I think we're more on top of things this week and hopefully won't have a repeat of my faux pas from last Saturday. Mind you, I'll be happy if we all agree over one clue...
Here are today's shaded questions for you - 58a English musician and vocalist whose cover version of Marvin Gaye's song 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' reached number one in 1983 [5] 23d Graceful bird of prey...
Good morning everyone and my apologies for the Saturday am fiasco - the only thing I can say in my defence is that the robins of the UK bear absolutely no resemblance to those living in Oz. You all...
Good morning everyone - here we are for the start of a new month's contest, right in the middle of the Easter break with yummy buns and chocolate all around and yes, we are expected to use our brains...