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A View From The Greenhouse; On Matters Monarchical And Sartorial

9th May 2023 Colin Cross 0

The sheep are back. The rent for the ground is conditional, a bit like having a caravan at the seaside, on it only being “occupied” for a maximum ten months of the year. Consequently, although [more…]

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How to tackle the Going Postal crossword

23rd May 2020 Tom Pudding 0

Introduction When I started work for the local council in 1964, I shared an office with a secretary, the high point of whose life seemed to be the arrival of the monthly NALGO newspaper which [more…]

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Solving Cryptic Crosswords – Some Hints

28th July 2018 Going Postal 0

A Puffin asked in the comments recently if someone could do a post on this, as he had always been interested in having a go at them but didn’t know where to start. So here [more…]

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