It's ok pastille, you carry on. Recharge the guests glasses and pass round the hors d'oeuvres.
Ok folks, I'm gonna split up the grid now and allocate the words evenly again to each setter so as to not give anyone the unfair advantage.
I am still waiting for 4 to get in touch, but as trevor said, these may be away on their hols. I will send the usual 3 clue words each to the regular setters who have contacted me, 2 words to trevor and 1 word to HelenB (as requested) and then play it by ear as we go.
That will leave 9 clue words left for the last 4 setters, so it's ok if they don't all touch base.
You don't need to wait up as this will take me a while and I will send out tomorrow, this gives us plenty of time to get all the clues perfected and published.
NB. If I don't hear from the others, I will give first refusal of extra clues to trevor & Helen, as they have only asked for 3 between them, and then do a lottery type draw for the rest like last time.
Hope that seems fair to you guys.
thanks again, Les40