Life
2225: Category
Four unclued lights (two of which consist of two words each) belong in the same category; one unclued light defines…
To 2222: Exquisite
TOO-TOO is a HOMOPHONE (38) of TUTU (defined by 1A and 8, and the surname of 17, the former 11…
It's fun at France's answer to Butlins – but there's a catch
I’m currently at a French campsite in the Languedoc, having been persuaded by my wife that it would be a…
Battle for Britain
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Alastair Cook's victory for character, calm – and cunning
The roar of the Premier League is beginning to drown out everything else in sport (there’s even Friday night football…
Dear Mary: Is there a tactful way to tell a dear cousin she needs a lump removed from her face?
Q. How can you tactfully tell someone that the large skin tag or blob they have grown in the centre…
Boastful, narcissistic, overpriced: welcome to Jamie’s Italian
Jamie’s Italian is squeezed into the Devonshire Arms on Denman Street, Soho, borne on the duplicitous winds of TV shows…
‘Asexual’ used to mean something even creepier than ‘Edward Heath’
There was a time when my husband, who often addresses the television, would habitually react to Edward Heath’s appearance on…
Battle for Britain
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Viking trail
The Australian grandmaster David Smerdon has written a truly exciting book about some of the byways in the Centre Counter…
No. 375
Black to play. This position is from Kosmo-Smerdon, Goa 2002. Can you spot Black’s beautiful winning move? Answers to me…
Triple thrill
In Competition No. 2911 you were invited to submit a thriller in three text messages. This one seemed straightforward enough…
Your problems solved
Q. How can you tactfully tell someone that the large skin tag or blob they have grown in the centre…
Jamie in chains
Jamie’s Italian is squeezed into the Devonshire Arms on Denman Street, Soho, borne on the duplicitous winds of TV shows…
High life
These are the languid, sensuous days of summer, and I’ve had another birthday, which is the bad news. But it’s…
Long life
I was saying the other week that my new hearing aids had come with a warning not to swallow their…
Long life
I was saying the other week that my new hearing aids had come with a warning not to swallow their…
Low life
‘How many people have you slept with in your life, roughly?’ she asked. We were lying in bed in the…
Low life
‘How many people have you slept with in your life, roughly?’ she asked. We were lying in bed in the…
Asexual
There was a time when my husband, who often addresses the television, would habitually react to Edward Heath’s appearance on…
Real life
If anyone wants to know why the Labour party is about to elect Jeremy Corbyn as its leader then they…
Captain Cook proves good guys can triumph
The roar of the Premier League is beginning to drown out everything else in sport (there’s even Friday night football…
Our holiday in a French Butlins
I’m currently at a French campsite in the Languedoc, having been persuaded by my wife that it would be a…
Our holiday in a French Butlins
I’m currently at a French campsite in the Languedoc, having been persuaded by my wife that it would be a…
In the know
Master golfer Gary Player had the perfect retort when a 19th-hole pundit on his fourth G&T declared, ‘It’s all down…
