It's Friday again! (I'm not sure how though, as it only seems like a couple of days have gone by since we were last here doing this!). I got off to a poor start this week, with a lowly THREE out of...
Good morning everyone - reasonable weather here, considering it’s summer, we have several days of warm and hopefully not humid or windy, coming up and it really should be most enjoyable …..fingers...
It can’t really be Friday again, can it? Where does all the time go when one is as ancient as I am? It seems like is was only a day or two ago that I was last posting this thread! I managed FIVE out...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 5d. Word for a gallet, French fry, poker token, chunk of chocolate, thin slice of dried banana or a semiconducting wafer of silicon. (4) 18d. Direction in which...
Good morning everyone - decidedly on the sleep deprived scale today - these tennis matches that go on half the night…..grrr. I was exhausted can’t imagine how they felt, but amazing to watch. Not so...
Good morning everyone - luckily our weather has settled down again, after some lovely downpours and some very sticky humidity !! At least the weeds have had a lovely boost :( Lots of matches to go...
Bang in the middle on the main quiz for me this week: FOUR out of seven. (I actually knew the music one - amazing!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60159718 Equally middling in the junior quiz too:...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 16a. A folio of a book, a botanical structure known in its embryonic form as a cotyledon, or gold in the form of foil, used for gilding (4) 29a. Shoe with a low...
Good morning everyone - finally we are receiving some much needed rain, so far nothing to get excited about but the radar says there’s stacks …remnants of a tropical cyclone somewhere :)) And now for...
I'm running behind schedule this evening! Sorry about that! Mind you, I'm in no great hurry to report my score on the main quiz anyway! Just a miserable TWO out of seven for me :(...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 16a. Word describing an unbuttoned coat, an unclosed door or book, an uncrossed cheque or a ticket or competition free from restrictions. (4) 53a. Dogleg or...
Good morning everyone - quite a nice day here, sunny and just a light breeze ….this is how I like summer…..it’s not much fun if you walk out the door and can’t breathe !! Ok now for the links … RUN...
A decent enough start for me this week, I think, with FIVE out of seven on the main quiz. (It’s obviously an easy week!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59949809 The kids’ quiz is simple too (as it’s...
Here are todays shaded clues for you - 10a. Word for a gallop or jog that also means an upstream migration of salmon, a roulade, an enclosure for chickens, a score of one in cricket or a sequence of...
Good morning everyone - a bit bemused at the moment, it’s supposed to be Summer ….it’s anything but !! Wind, rain, hot days then cooler ones ….too bad if you’re looking for sun baking etc, so far...
It’s a ‘middling’ start to the new year for me, with just FOUR out of seven in the main quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59884655 The junior quiz has some really easy questions in it...
Here are todays shaded clues for you- 16a Utensil in which to heat milk or cook sauce, loaf of bread baked in a tin, dish used by a gold prospector or the Greek god of shepherds, flocks, woods and the...
And a very Happy New Year to all the K M family !! Good morning everyone- we’re fairly well into the first day here - it’s quite warm, overcast and humid - typical unpredictable summer weather!! Hope...
Yes, it’s ‘Week 53’! How time flies! (For pedants: I DO know that there are only 52 weeks in a year but there are 53 [i]Fridays[i] in this one, so I’m simply sticking with my usual numbering here)....