Hi all, once again I'm stuck on one.
22D A university occasionally copied, held up as sound. A-E-O
Is it 'APERO', which is an anagram of opera? If so, can someone tell me why, please? TIA...
We are in the horrible throes of making our Wills. I am, therefore, given to introspection and memories. I remember a rhyme from the mid '50s when I visited Grandma in Govan, Mum rather disapproved so...
Help please! Is it me or are these much harder recently? I'm stuck on 3, have possible answers but cannot parse them. 15A Plant lines on Sweeney Todd possibly. B-R-E---. Is it Barbered? 4D Men cross...
Hi, this is the last one. We have B-U-H-S. Clue: Boozer in almost entirely prime colours. I have BLUSHES because 'LUSH' is inside - but the letters it is inside are B,E,S and I can't parse the rest of...
Went on holiday 14/9/19 to the lovely Fife. Great cottage, but Sun. 15th I stepped into the shower and the shower-mat concertinaed under my foot and I went flying. It was a shower-over-bath and the...
OH is 86 years old. I am 70. We own our own house, for which I paid by far the bigger share. I also have c £20K more capital than him which is invested. I have a smallish pension c.£11,500 and he...
A close friend developed double-vision on Sunday. After a sojourn in Scarborough hospital she has returned home (still with double-vision) with a diagnosis of palsy of the 6th cranial nerve. Whilst I...
Hi, Just to say that you seem to be being very badly treated. I went to my surgery today to collect my asthma prescription, so I trotted to Reception, told them I was now 70 and asked for an...
Er…. I've been away awhile (family problems). I did look in from time to time. Since I've been paying more attention in the past couple of weeks I have not see any posts or comments from Retrocop...
Life has burst apart, courtesy of Son-in-Law, who was discovered, in July, to be sleeping with Ladies of Easy Virtue. 2 children - boy (9) and girl (7). On its own this is bad enough - and some of you...
Finished apart from 22A Officer has American drink. C??A My first idea was COLA (American drink) but I can't parse it after the CO (Commanding Officer). Now thinking it is COCA - CA being the code for...
Not sure if this should be in here or Art & Lit.. We were recently lucky enough to buy, quite cheaply, a lovely oil-painting by the artist we collect at auction. Because the auction and viewing took...
My younger daughter R has, I know, struggled with her marriage for some time. He, another R so I'll call him RT has always had relationship problems and recently even accepted that he needed...
Hi, we're on the last one and I simply can't parse 9a Celebrity needs unlimited cover for teeth.
We have N-M- and I'm certain it has to be 'name' as in a celebrity - but why?
Thanks in advance. :)...
Re: child with high cortisol levels. Eventually it seems the incidents are stress/behavioural issues. He has been being badly bullied at school and has been trying to be like the (older) group of...
Does anyone know what can be done to cope with this situation, please? I've researched it and now know that my grandson's furious attacks can be assigned to this condition. He is very nearly 9 - he...
Hi, baffled by 48A: Clutch bags with detachable straps; or, bands such as friendship bracelets.
9 letters. I have -r-s-l-t-
Grateful for help, thanks....
I am several days into a conversation with Morrison's supermarkets about this. They are a good supermarket, local meat etc.. BUT I wanted to make a stew the other week and needed a swede. Fine, there...
Goes back a while to a post of mine about the girl who is (in all but fact) OH's daughter-in-law, who has been very badly treated by his son- Exmouth way - EDDIE helped a great deal as did many others...
