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MM Links Solutions December 2010 [Week 2]

If it was the intention of King Ulysses II to staunch the flow of points, then I found little evidence to support this fiendish plan. Turning his attention to the theme of “A Sporting...
20:01 Sun 12th Dec 201012 answers, last by Christiana 11:30 Mon 13th Dec 2010
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MM and KM Links December 2010 [Week 2]

At this point in time (dare I say) it looks like the “Great Thaw” is upon us. The surrounding meadows have patches of green showing through the melting snow. I feel like Aslan after the...
20:01 Fri 10th Dec 20107 answers, last by paulineward 09:47 Sat 11th Dec 2010
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MM Links Solutions December 2010 [Week 1]

Never in the history of MM Links has a ruler been more generous than King Ulysses II in bestowing on his people a vast plethora of points. Recalling his bouts of ill-health when just starting school,...
20:03 Sun 05th Dec 201020 answers, last by ladyalex 22:23 Mon 06th Dec 2010
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MM and KM Links December 2010 [Week 1]

I must begin by confessing to yet another slip up in my marking last week. Having printed off SIX pages of predictions, the second page dropped out of sequence and was overlooked. Fortunately, it...
20:02 Fri 03rd Dec 201019 answers, last by boxtops 00:16 Sat 04th Dec 2010
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MM Links Solutions November 2010 [Week 4]

This fourth week in the reign of Lady Slaney II found her ladyship in a somewhat reflective mood and final theme was based on The Barren ~ A Stony Place. This led to a set of links which were far from...
20:02 Sun 28th Nov 201017 answers, last by middlestump 11:45 Mon 29th Nov 2010
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MM and KM Links November 2010 [Week 4]

Since last week, the weather in Yorkshire has taken a dramatic turn ~ although the Croft is sufficiently far south (and inland) to have escaped the heavy falls of snow. I am presently indulging in a...
19:59 Fri 26th Nov 201042 answers, last by twix123 03:34 Sat 27th Nov 2010
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RNLI Christmas Quiz 2010

Once again, I have been asked by the Chairman of the Clayton-le-Woods RNLI Committee to help distribute copies of their latest Quiz to raise funds in support of the RNLI. The Quiz consists of 60...
11:25 Tue 23rd Nov 20105 answers, last by mamyalynne 19:28 Tue 23rd Nov 2010
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MM Links Solutions November 2010 [Week 3]

This third week in the reign of Lady Slaney II found her ladyship in a somewhat chilly mood. This was not only in her choice of theme [The Frozen Continent] for which her links were: South PACIFIC...
19:59 Sun 21st Nov 201015 answers, last by ladyalex 20:29 Mon 22nd Nov 2010
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MM and KM Links November 2010 [Week 3]

I am pushed for time this evening, so I’ll keep it brief. The Lady Slaney is poised to launch her third week of MM Links tomorrow at 08.45am and her four words to be linked should be posted at...
20:00 Fri 19th Nov 20107 answers, last by tearinghair 00:21 Sat 20th Nov 2010
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MM Links Solutions November 2010 [Week 2]

This second week in the reign of Lady Slaney II found her ladyship adopting a fairly aggressive attitude. With a more familiar theme of “Molly Malone”, Slaney finally chose the following...
20:00 Sun 14th Nov 201015 answers, last by ulysses100 12:56 Mon 15th Nov 2010
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MM Links Solutions November 2010 [Week 2]

Last week marked the beginning of the second reign of Lady Slaney II and several entrants benefitted from a healthy harvest of points, so much so that Slaney may attempt to stem the haemorrhage with a...
20:00 Fri 12th Nov 201024 answers, last by twix123 01:13 Sat 13th Nov 2010
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MM Links Solutions November 2010 [Week 1]

This first week in the reign of Lady Slaney II attracted a healthy field of nearly 50 entrants, all trying to outwit “She who has twice outwitted Strix”. With an adopted French theme (and...
20:00 Sun 07th Nov 201015 answers, last by crofter 15:20 Mon 08th Nov 2010
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MM and KM Links November 2010 [Week 1]

Welcome to a new month and a new game of MM Links. I am delighted to say that slaney has picked up the gauntlet and will be the Links setter for the month of November. There are immediately three...
20:00 Fri 05th Nov 201013 answers, last by paulineward 22:29 Fri 05th Nov 2010
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MM Links Solutions October 2010 [Week 5]

For his final week, Strix maintained a more or less gentle standard for his last set of link words, namely: Oil SLICK GREASE Paint FIELD Fare STAIR Well Scoring proved quite brisk ~ particularly...
20:00 Sun 31st Oct 201016 answers, last by ulysses100 12:24 Mon 01st Nov 2010
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MM and KM Links October 2010 [Week 5]

This will be the final week of our Triple Crown MM Links Champion (Strix) with no fewer than 14 weekly challenges under his belt in relatively short time. Whenever he has been asked to step into the...
19:01 Fri 29th Oct 201020 answers, last by paulineward 22:55 Fri 29th Oct 2010
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MM Links Solutions October 2010 [Week 4]

For this, his penultimate week, Strix held to his promise to an extent by relaxing on the obscurity of some of his link words. Judge for yourself as I now disclose his links for Week 4 as follows:...
19:00 Sun 24th Oct 201014 answers, last by boxtops 20:47 Wed 27th Oct 2010
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MM and KM Links October 2010 [Week 4]

I have had yet another week to catch up with the manic mental meanderings of Strix and it’s like pushing treacle up hill! This man is truly “YOU-NEEK”! Fortunately, he prepares all...
19:01 Fri 22nd Oct 201024 answers, last by twix123 22:53 Fri 22nd Oct 2010
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MM Links Solutions October 2010 [Week 3]

We are now into Week 3 (of a 5-week month) when the elusive Strix once again proved evasive. Only SIX entrants managed to hunt down the regal setter, as he plumped for the following links: Pan ACHE...
19:00 Sun 17th Oct 201012 answers, last by Handbaglady 09:02 Mon 18th Oct 2010
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MM and KM Links October 2010 [Week 3]

We are now well into October and I must thank those who remembered my 66th birthday (I try to forget the annual event ~ what’s in a number?). The week in Tenerife was just what the doctor...
19:00 Fri 15th Oct 201010 answers, last by seekeerz 02:49 Sat 16th Oct 2010
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MM and KM Links October 2010 [Week 1]

We are now into October and it has rained here on and off all day. The Croft is a hive of activity as the final items are being packed for a week’s break on Tenerife, where we hope to catch the...
19:00 Fri 01st Oct 201014 answers, last by Strix 21:18 Fri 01st Oct 2010

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