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Elle, there's a clue specially for you in today's Times Cryptic...

6 D. Frightful clothing (5)

Rusty, there's a clue for you (and me) in today's Times Jumbo...

43 D. London area, mostly tidy, ends in disarray (7).

PS, Elle - I feel November is way too early for Santa to be seen anywhere!

Hello, Elle,
I hope you spent plenty money, that is the idea!
It is quite cold here, too.
I was out for a walk in the afternoon and it was a case of "step we gaily" to keep warm!

Hello Malone, I surrender!
I tried to get "tidy mostly" with "put neat", to get Putney, but I am a letter short. So, the setter has beaten me!

rusty
a hint only

neat (mostly) + anagram of ****

Aha!
There is a place called Neasden!
Thank you, Jazzgirl!
I was going about it the wrong way and was convinced it was "put ne(at)" to get Putney!
Well done!

I finished the crossword earlier rusty
(it was very tricky I found, in places)

Hello, Jazzgirl,
I used to do the Jumbo Cryptic but I found it a bit time consuming, and now I pass the puzzle pages to my neighbour.
I have two Jumbo Cryptic Books untouched that I bought a few years ago,....for emergencies, if I ran out of crosswords.
But that was in the days before I had a laptop to explore the internet!

Rusty, I know you don't do the Jumbo - but I didn't want you to miss out on that clue. I got the answer, but don't know how I know Neasden!

Malone, it was rattling about at the back of my mind, but only when I got a wee dig out from Jazzgirl did I think of it.
At first I was set on Putney!
Amazing place, this London.
This week we discovered there is/was a part of Cambridgeshire there!

Hi, Rusty!
"Step we gaily, on we go, Heel for heel and toe ......."Mairi's wedding!
Now, Neasden!
I have been trying to think of which places you might know....
Neasden is about a mile from Dollis Hill and about four miles from Kilburn.............
Do you know Kilburn? or West Hampstead?
How about "pants" turning up again in the crossword?
I had already done that clue this morning before going out....... I still don't like the word in that context...but at least I knew it this time!
Yes, I spent plenty of money on BB's taking part in activities!
I "did my bit" to support the school!
It is a lovely school - there is a really nice - happy and caring - atmosphere about the place.
BB was lucky to get a place there.


Hello. Malone!
Yes, I did that clue this morning before we went out!
I still don't like it...but at least I could do it !
I think you are being a little harsh about Santa!
These are very young children...and this is their Christmas Fair!
Primary schools break up in two or three weeks - when else would the school hold its Fair or have Santa "visit"?
If you had seen their little faces.......

Neasden featured prominently in Private Eye, with ashen-faced manager Ron Knee of Neasden F.C., with their sole supporters Sid and Doris Bonkers.