Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

The clue was,
"Central American food-it's fed to donkey" (7)

should be donkeys, surely, if elle hasn't given us too many letters

cat on lap!

Now, Chris, who am I to criticise Elle for her wee senior moment!

Yes, we must let these pass, in anticipation of ones from us in the future :)

Oops...sorry, guys....the last question mark wasn't meant to indicate a letter......it was there as a query!
I'm sorry for the confusion!


Hi, Rusty!
I forgot all about the Athletics!
Yes, despite your reminding me.......I STILL forgot about it!
Now, THAT was indeed a "senior moment"!
Hopefully, it will no doubt be showing as Highlights on BBC at some stage - I shall have to watch out for it!
Now, back to the clue......I would never have got that.
I didn't know that the Spanish for donkey was "burro" - and I've never heard of a burrito, let alone eaten one!
But I do know a "Seb"!
A friend has a three year old grandson of that name!
Speaking of burritos......I had best go and organise dinner....
Have you had yours?

Hello, Elle!
Yes, I had fish pie.
It was fine.
There were burros in Western films, that's how I know them.
And I had heard of burritos.
Are they not TexMex food?
I watched a bit of the athletics.
Mostly Nike athletes taking part.

Hi, Rusty!
Dinner was good!
We had sausages , fried onions, and mashed potatoes! with salad!
I don't know the term "Texmex" for food?
I like spicy food, especially Indian and Chinese cuisines , but I have never tried Mexican.
I have been playing catch up with old recorded TV programmes.....
I have just watched an old(ish) "Casualty."
I shall never get up to date!
I usually end up pressing the "Delete" button!
I am disappointed to have missed the Athletics event!
Any race / record I should know about?

I am pretty sure I have seen discussion on here about Seb Coe in relation to drugs in athletics?

Hello, Elle!
We have restaurants in town that serve TexMex food.
I just had a quick look at the athletics.
The Diamond League later in the week will be better.
I was on YouTube looking at stuff.
The Telegraph newspaper is saying this night that the report on British Cycling has been "watered down".
I suspected that.
We shall know tomorrow.
Anyway it is US Open Golf this week, and I am looking forward to that.
The ladies are playing, too.
There's a Thai lady called Sherman Santiwiwattanaphong playing.
I think I'll stick to cheering Lydia Ko and Lexi Thompson!

Hello, Ros!
Yes, you probably have !
Seb is the IAAF president, and has been much in the News about the Russian doping in Athletics, and the consequent ban of Russian athletes from participation in events.
Russia had hoped to be reinstated in time to take part in the World Championships, but Lord Coe has said that it will face an even longer ban from International Athletics, because of its failure to tackle its drug problem.
We have discussed from time to time whether Seb will "come through" and be firm enough about the drug issue!