24 down. Clue:Game of physical skill involving feats of contortionism played on a a multicoloured mat (7). I have ?W?A?E?. I thought immediately of TWISTER but the A doesn't fit. This comes from 32...
25 across. Clue: Remainder left inside -- one of 28 here (4). I have ?L?E. I thought ELSE but don't know why. L for left ok. ESE? East south-east? 28 has me puzzled as there is no clue that high. Help...
NS&I have just withdrawn their fixed-rate and index-linked certificates from sale. Existing certificates run for 3 or 5 years before they mature when they used to be either cashed or re-invested...
Herculis crossword. 1 down, clue: Chocolate sprinkles used to decorate cakes and confectionery 10). I have: ?E?M?C?L?I. I can only fit VERMICELLI but the answer doesn't fit the question or vice versa....
28 across. Clue: It's impossible to guess why everybody is quiet (6, 2, 6). I have: ?H?R?S ?O ?A???? 21 down. Clue: There was no holding him (7). I have: H?U?I?? If it is HAULIER but I can't really...
I have recently acquired a postcard addressed simply to one "Zeff Cheff esq. Ont.". It was posted in Toronto and It is dated Feb. 1911. I have tried to discover where Big Point, Ontario is...
4 down. Clue: One caried in China vessel (4). I have: P?I? (third letter is an I for India). Also: 27 across. Clue Female 2 - duck with a Martian in funny show (9). (The 2, I think refers to 2 down,...
Herculis crossword. I am left with two words to make a link word or phrase. They are "cabbage" and "drop". Is it: "cabbage drop"or"drop cabbage" and one word or...
Can anyone please suggest an author to me in the vein of Andrew Garve. His books were quite short and centred on a particular crime plot that had little in the way of frills, no gratuitous violence or...