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Good evening, Rusty!
Are you back from collecting your train passenger(s)?
I remember your saying that your Irish friends were coming over in March......is it they whom you were collecting?
That would be nice for you if so.
I am watching Eggheads whilst typing this....Lisa, one of the newer Eggheads, is up against her ex- Science teacher!
That must feel strange!
Have you had time to do your crossword today?
I have very nearly finished the 15 x15!
Right, I must go and organise dinner......

Hello, Elle!
No, it is a granddaughter and her pal.
My friends arrive near the end of the month.
They fly in, then hire a car.
Yes, not long finished my crossword.
There was a "little woman" in it!

Hi, Rusty!
We have had our dinner....I didn't go to a lot of preparation as we had Sainsbury's version of duck in plum sauce, with rice.
Delicious!
I finished my crossword.
There were four that I especially liked......13d: afterwards; 19d: primer; 20a: Yorktown; and 25A: paradisal.
These particularly appealed to me!
The homophone at 16d was one with which I actually agreed for once!
And, yes, I saw "Amy" for the little woman, plus "l" - giving amyl= radical.
Quite a reasonable puzzle again today?
Maybe tomorrow's will be harder?
Although usually I find the Saturday one on the easier side.
It's the ones during the week that I tend to struggle to solve!

Hello, Elle!
Your tea sounds very nice.
I had ASDA fish pie and it was fine!
I can not remember the homophone?
The "little woman" pops up quite regularly.
Today it was Amy!
It was a good puzzle, Elle, but remember you are improving and learning all the time, too.
That may make you think they are easier.
I hope tomorrow's is a tricky one!

Hi, Rusty!
Your fish pie sounds very nice , too!
We had fish cakes the other day consisting of smoked haddock, mashed potato and a creamy cheddar and leek sauce , all coated with breadcrumbs.
They were very good!
We usually cook "from scratch" but it does make a nice change occasionally to have something prepared from Sainsburys.
I'm all for the lazy approach on occasions!
The homophone was "Haig" sounds like "Hague".
I don't think there is any Sport to watch this weekend?
Not for me anyway.
How about for you?

Hello, Elle!
The fish cakes are very like the ones I buy!
And, yes, they are brill!
Yes, there is cycling and golf for me.
And Cheltenham next week.
Next Saturday is the first of cycling's big Spring Classics, Milan-San Remo.
There is quite a bit of tennis on Sky Sports and BT Sports this last couple of weeks.
Pity you do not get these channels.
I was on Paddy P's site just now and took 10-1 about Laura Muir winning Sports Personality of the Year.
A long way away yet, though.

Good morning, Rusty!
And a very lovely and mild one it is, too!
Beautiful out!
You have a lot of (forthcoming) sport to watch!
I wish that I did!
How much did you bet on Laura? You got good odds?
(Is that the correct term?)
I have done all my morning chores long since, and am now going to take a look at today's crosswords before the next dog walk comes around!
What is your plan of campaign for today?
Are you doing anything nice?

Good morning, Elle!
Dreich here today.
I invested a small sum on Laura.
(Keeping my spending money until Tuesday for Cheltenham!)
I am happy with the price.
Just watched Jess Varnish interview.
It appears that BC told lies to try and save Sutton.
She fully intends suing BC.
I hope Jess is successful.
Good luck with your crosswords!

Hi, Rusty!
I am sorry about your rain!
I have finished both the Jumbo GK and the 15 x15, although the latter still requires parsing for several clues.
I liked 24a! Simple but a good one!
I have "peggotty" for my answer to 15a: "potty" around "egg", but do not know what "peggotty" means ?
I couldn't find it in Chambers?
Nor is it in my Brewers.......
This BC business seems to become more convoluted day by day.........
I would have thought that there was no chance of Sutton coming out of this with a clean slate so why is BC perjurying itself to protect him?

Elle, have you read "David Cooperfield" ?