This is a great site. I’ve been having a go at some of the other puzzles on here too,

All is revealed…….. Ta. It would be interesting to know the origin of the phrase , but perhaps that’s a little too intellectual.

Thank you.

These days it is a nice change to finish the Telegraph crossword.

I am , however, really stuck on the last one to go in – 14d. I have all the other letters but for the life of me cannot understand what this is about!

Any help please?

England well on top in Chittagong – a good day.

24a Ready to drop off? (4)
THink fruit rather than people!

I’ve taken you email address from the name field and will forward it to Helen.

(Email addresses published on the internet invite masses of spam.)

On top of that, this thread has reached the limit of ten levels.

The people who bought the shop after us kept the name and pretended my Grandad, Harry, was the manager. My brother visited incognito and asked to see him – the name changed shortly afterward (we had a laugh about that one!)

I don’t remember much about living in Ripon, but I do remember St Wilfred’s parade where they threw sweets at us, and a massive party our parents had for us at the baths – it was great.

Yes, I just took a look at AnswerBank this morning (I’d never looked at any other crossword sites/blogs than yours before now): not very sporting is it. Seeing that makes me want to say thanks again for giving us a fun, open, and didactic blog. I think where you’ve drawn the line is just right.

By the by, in my case getting through a Telegraph cryptic, any day of the week, is its own reward; but are there many members sending their Prize crosswords off to the DT?
I’ve not been at it long, but my experience so far has been that the midweek puzzles can be better/more satisfying than Saturday (prize) ones. If I were the chap in charge of organizing which puzzle goes in when at the DT, I’d have put Friday’s one in yesterday; and yesterday’s in on Friday. Friday certainly felt more prize worthy to me at any rate. As have quite a few mid-week ones.

I suppose we get on better with different setters don’t we…

Anyway, I do the Sunday Times puzzle on Sunday, as my Dad has a go at that one too—so I’m off to the Newsagent’s. Lovely sunny morning in Kent today!

It’s easily done, but the blog will then finish up like AnswerBank!

I think it must have been a weekday i.e., non-prize, crossword blog where I’d seen people quoting their checking letters, and so I’d gotten confused. But I can see your warning in red on the first post there—so the fault’s all mine. I’m so embarrassed by the whole thing I’ll not forget the rule now!

And, finally, in the tradition of everyone mentioning their favourite clue…

5d – “What a successful tourist will do?”

I’m off to bed.