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Hi Terry - funnily enough I checked the spelling of 20a when I did this crossword this morning and it does give the alternative spelling with one R in my dictionary.

Crypto,
I'm not saying one R is wrong, it's just not what I am used to. There's probably a dictionary somewhere with "bootiful" as an alternative to beautiful but it would still rankle with me.

Les40 - Have got three to go at now so will keep me busy. I am enjoying doing them although scratching my head a bit and not as quick as the other " experts ".
Thank you.
Megan

Terry.
It gives both spellings in the Chambers, which I thought was quite acceptable, I didn' t think that would trouble you guys, especially when crosswords such as Mephisto often use Old English and rare versions of spellings. Anyway. I agree that their is enough to work with in the Dropbox for now. I will wait till weekend again to add another.
In fact, I will compile another themed for Crypto, and try and make it a bit trickier.
Re:"This Red Herring wouldn't give you indigestion if you ate it"

Forgot to mention Terry.
Their was a recently deceased blokes wife in Norfolk selling his dictionary that you may be interested in.
Contact Mrs B Matthews

I'm new to this site and can't quite find my way around yet! A couple of days ago (or it could have been yesterday) I downloaded a crossword from here which I thoroughly enjoyed. However, I had a problem with 3 down. I think the answer is ennui" which means boredom but I can't see the first part of the clue. Can anyone help please?

hi Wendy,I seem to remember that Ennui is pronounced on-wee or,on wii(Nintendo Wii - which is a games console).somebody on the wii is playing a game.
I don't have the clue in front of me so i could be wrong.

Hi Wendy,
Trevor is correct, The clue starts. Where one hears.... (sounds like) and ennui is pronounced on-wee.
When I wrote the clue, I was just being up-to-date with the Wii machine console. Glad you enjoyed it.

Trevor.
The clue read as.
Where one hears people playing games console, when they're feeling bored (5)

Thanks for help with Ennui which I said on another thread.

Have just one left to do of the Red Herring which is 8 across. I have ?u?s. Tried cheating with Chambers but there are too many results! So I'm stumped. Unless it's bums, of course!

I agonised for ages over 23 across trying to think of a word for something on the forehead! Silly me. That must have been one of your Red Herrings.

Any help with 8a will be appreciated.