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The following are cryptic clues (of variable quality) to British Rivers: 1. He once protected a Princess (6) 2. The garden of England takes a profit (7) 3. You could find this in a N African city (6)...
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Who has started off the New Year in fine style? The AB Honours List should include slaney, winner of the latest Enigmatic Variations Cryptic Crossword 996. I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New...
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Can anyone out there identify the following English County Flags: Flag 1: Three yellow bundles (sheaves?) form an inverted triangle around a vertically raised yellow sword. The background is royal...
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“They’re changing guards at Buckingham Palace. King Cliffy’s going to go down with Alice” Alice? Alice? Who the **** is Alice? Still on a Queen/horsey theme, King Cliffyg was...
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Last week saw the first round of Racing Tipster, cliffyg, who successfully picked out “Pour Moi” as winner of the Epsom Derby. Our latest regal setter, “King Cliffyg” was one...
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Apologies for this slight delay ~ we've had unexpected guests! I must confess that I am not much of a gambler ~ unless I am backing my own skills in a game of cards ~ but when “King...
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Last week, cliffyg was clearly relieved to find that he had been pipped at the post by lysander, although both had scored ten points. Unfortunately for him, he was counting his chickens before...
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For once, I have put family before this MM Links posting ~ so I am running very late. I hope to return to this posting at 8 o’clock with further details but in the meantime I can disclose that...
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To quote the Bard, “Rough winds doth shake the darling buds of May”! For the last week, the only gardening I have been able to do is to stake up the taller plants before they are flattened...
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Congratulations to you all for unlocking “Castle Wickedtongue” and claiming a handsome haul of points. For this round, “King Wickedtongue” tried in vain to disguise his theme...
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The “merry month of May marches” on and I look forward to a weekend of dry weather to permit me to return to the garden. I am often “helped” by a neighbour’s son,...
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The current campaign of “King Wickedtongue” to quit smoking certainly struck many a sympathetic chord with several entrants. For my part, I gave up about 15 years ago with the help of...
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I think that I can safely say that tomorrow’s launch by King Wickedtongue should find us back on an even keel. I have last week’s scores entered onto the May Scoreboard ready to add in the...
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I believe that I, crofter, may have set a new record in awarding over 40 points to MM Linkers on an opening game (on behalf of wickedtongue). You know too well. Pauline was even able to predict my...
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This is crofter again and as I explained last night, for these last few weeks, I have been devoting more and more time to the garden and ending up drained of an evening. This programme of work has...
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For these last few weeks, I have been devoting more and more time to the garden and ending up physically drained of an evening. This programme of work has made running the MM Links a second-class...
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I must begin by congratulating “The Count” (aka middlestump) for a very successful month as the Royal Setter of MM Links. Apart from editing his submissions into the accepted format, I...
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“The Count” (aka middlestump) has kept us royally entertained throughout the last five weeks. Today’s weather has been much cooler at the Croft, but I still managed to do a stint in...
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We start by wishing “The Count” (aka middlestump) a very Happy Birthday on reaching the score of 60 “not out”. Many of us are “recycled teenagers” and trying to...
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If nothing else, “The Count” (aka middlestump) has brought us incredible weather, so much so that the garden around the Croft is well over half done. In fact, it was just too hot yesterday...
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