Perhaps the print vession of the crossword is OK, but the online one isn't. 15a starts one cell further to the right and has six letters. 26a, the matching clue, ends one cell further to the left and...
Has this category actually gone four whole days without a new question or is something wrong with my computer? So, what the hey! I'll ask one that's been nagging away at me... When did "I was...
I wonder whether it has occurred to the Editor that the very people most likely to vote FOR keeping ChatterBank are the same ones who have multiple user-names! Doesn't it seem rather like the old joke...
Has Mr Azed misread his own handwriting again in today's puzzle? I refer to the common letter for 23A and D. I do not ask for the answers...it's because I'm pretty sure I know the answers that I ask...
I'm no publican, but I did promise my favourite bar-lady I'd post this question on her behalf... Licensees have long had exact guidelines on how to deal with someone who has already had too much to...
Raffles, our 'old gentleman' cat, has now - at the age of 22 - seemingly become a bit Alzheimerish. He has decided that odd nooks and crannies inside are perfectly acceptable toilets, despite having...
I've just won the Mephisto...again! I mentioned here the fact that I'd won one first and two consolation prizes in that competition within the space of just a few weeks last summer. And here we go...
I don't buy The Observer, but get the Azed from the Guardian website every week. There, it offers a 'Click here' link for the preamble. Unfortunately when I do click there, all I get is an apology for...
Not a question...just information. About 12 weeks ago, I posted the news that I'd won the Mephisto 1st prize. Thinking they'd keep a record of winners' names & addresses, I then sent a grid in in my...
I know what the words mean, but I'm puzzled as to how they have taken on their recent applications. It seems that nowadays, when someone who has recently achieved something is being interviewed, they...
Did you see my final response to the query you 'addressed' to me earlier? I ask only because - if your husband is planning on entering the Mephisto grid - tomorrow is the posting deadline. You'll need...
Is it just my imagination or is it really becoming more and more common for people on AnswerBank to post replies without bothering to read answers already there? Obviously, we are all actually sitting...
This is not a question...I just thought some regulars in this category might be interested in knowing that I took delivery this norning of my Bloomsbury English Dictionary, having won The Sunday Times...
I don't know whether this applies to the version in the Observer itself, as I do the downloadable version of the Azed. However, in that, the clues for 20 and 21 down are transposed. I figured I'd save...
Currently, we keep breakfast plates hot - after warming them in the micro - by wrapping them in kitchen foil. The problem is that, once the foil has been used and restraightened two or three times, it...
Did you get anywhere with the crossword after my suggestions on Monday? I ask because I finally got the time yesterday to have a proper go at it and it is now completed. Let me know if you - or others...
Is there a website where one can create one's own selection of TV listings for a given evening? Now that there are hundreds of channels to choose from, is it possible to type in the ten, say, one...
Has anyone who did the Christmas quiz involving a question which asked what the profession of the good Samaritan was actually now seen the answer?I ask because I pointed out at the time that the Bible...
Did you see 'Balderdash & Piffle' on BBC 2 yesterday evening? It is a programme, presented by Victoria Coren of 'The Observer', looking into the etymology of words and phrase development.The...
