35a The Roar of the ---- the Smell of the Crowd: 1965 Broadway musical by Bricusse and Newley (11) Surely it should read The Smell of the Greasepaint the Roar of the Crowd ?
"Good morning" to all my loyal subjects, hope you are all well this fine morning! Once again, this is Queen Jan the Foremost of the Shrubbery launching the third week in my reign with four more...
Heavens, Week 3 already !!! The speed at which these months pass by is positively hair-raising !! before long, people will start muttering about Christmas - Help !! And, typically, winter has...
Starting on a very personal note, THIS very posting is my 5,000th on AB. I expect my Blue Peter Badge to arrive through the post any day now ~ at the very least a brownie badge for one-finger typing...
Too early for even the keenest of our flock to be out and about, buying newspapers and solving the Herculis, but as I was here mulling over my failure to score anything with Queen Jan's obscurities,...
This second week of the reign of Queen Jan the First and Foremost began with just a little panic due to AB denying access at the crucial time. Not to worry, Jan was unfazed and battled on and I can...
Not wishing to be nasty but why, if people asking for help when the question has already been answered irritates you so much, don't you just ignore it. Surely typing a snappy reply takes as much...
Hi everybody! This is Queen Jan the Foremost of the Shrubbery launching the second week in my reign with four more tempting links for you lot to ponder over. I hope you were not caught on the hop...
Winding up or down after a very busy week of action here in the Antipodes - too many lunches, too much bubbly and much too much money spent trying to back winners during the Spring Racing carnival -...
This will be the second week in the reign of Queen Jan and the first when she'll be flying "solo" as it were ~ we wish her well. Most setters get a rush of adrenaline in the minutes coming up to their...
Neither the Search facility nor the All answered facility appear to be operational at the moment. Both are going to Time Out. Can anyone confirm this or otherwise or is it a matter for the AB Editor
1. Freshwater creature valued as as fish and game bird 5 LETTERS P?R?H 2. A Ragout of game stewed in a rich brown sauce 5 LETTERS S?L?I 3. An ancient City on the North Coast of Carthage 5 LETTERS...
Good morning all, from a typical spring day here in the Southern Hemisphere, where it's wet, windy and perishing !! I think that's what crofter calls the parallel universe - I know what I call it and...
A new month, a new queen and (for one week only) a substitute referee. Crofter has had to go away for the weekend and has passed the shrubbery keys and his abacus to me once again. This time the...