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Hi all
" A question of health with son beset by intense back pains" (4,6)
I have H?W?T??C?S
So I presume its HOWS TRICKS
But surely not!!!!!
By the way (kerb**)
Is 9ac a real English/British/European town
?A?R?C?T?N
"Northern town struggling a great deal"

Here it is totally GRAY/GREY and DAMP/DAMN,PUUHH
Cheer me a little gentle jesters
YRS THEA

Your town is WARRINGTON and HOWS TRICKS is correct

How's tricks is correct. There is no letter "c" in the second one.

Hi Brackendale . Hi Rusty
Thanks very much
I had Hacksaw -- presumably Handsaw
And could not find Hows Tricks in Chambers
(Hows ought to have an apostrophe ddntit?)
Turning my attention to the Jumbo now to distract me from the GLOOM outside
Have a good day/week
THEA

How's tricks comes from "intense" = HOT and back pains are RICKS around "with" = W and "son" = S.

It is a phrase that I often use - like a lot of other phrases I use that are also not in Chambers Dictionary!!