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Good evening, Elle!
Fine evening here.
Cycling was fine.
A young American won in a solo break.
His first name was Quinn, but I forget his surname!
Road conditions were not good with the rain, but a very enthusiastic crowd were cheering the riders all the way.
My son is not visiting this night.
His wife and him are off to view a house.
I have 11a but only a partial parse.
The other three are gettable.
19d starts with the Italian river that's always in crossword puzzles.
Two letters!

Hi, Rusty!
It is fine here, too.
A pleasant change after all the recent rain.
Your son and daughter- in-law have gone to look at a house?
Are they thinking of moving?
Or is one of the girls thinking of spreading her wings?
My elder daughter is likely to move house, too, as there is no bus service in their village.
This is a problem now that our eldest grandson is at Secondary school.
His mum is taking him at present, but he will want /need to be more independent as he grows up.
No, I cannot do those clues......... ?
I had already seem "Po" as the probable Italian river...but that is my limit!

Hello, Elle!
They may move, but I do not know much about it, yet.
Not my business!
I can't remember your clues.
No paper today.
But from memory,
11a, is "e remit ic". I don't know where the "e ic" comes from, though.
19d, is "Po lent a". I think that's an Italian food. Porridge?
21a is "ex (T)emplar".
19d is "lunate" "loon ate".
I am not certain what it means, but a "lunette" was the curved frame thing that held your neck in place on the guillotine.
Is that OK?

Rusty, for 11 A the 'e ic' is actually Cie, which is French for 'company', like we have 'inc' for 'incorporated'. The 'in recession' makes it reverse, so e ic with 'remit' inside.

Good heavens, Malone!
How did you know that!
It is new to me.
Thank you very much for your input!

Thanks, Rusty, it's just a random piece of information that I picked up somewhere - goodness knows when - and it's stayed with me. It's lodged somewhere in my brain, alongside 'usw', the German equivalent of 'etc' - I've never got to use that one!

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, thank you, that is great!
I can follow your reasoning, but would never have got there on my own...at least not till the proverbial cows come home!
Those four were very difficult clues for me!
And "eremitic" and "polenta "are new words to me!
You will miss having your son so close, were he to move.....but maybe, hopefully, he will still be fairly near by.
It is quite a business moving house.
My elder daughter and son-in -law have had their house on the market for several weeks now.
They have had a few viewings, but so far no offers.
I think the isolation (no bus service) cannot help?
I have yet to watch "Eggheads" which I recorded earlier.....but first, a coffee!



Malone, well done on "cie"!
Thank you, that is new to me.
"Usw" is "und so weiter"........and so on.

Hello, Elle!
In fairness to yourself, Elle, those were unusual words to find.
You are doing fine.
Today's setter seemed to favour less well known words.
I have never seen "lunate" written down.
I knew polenta and was fairly sure it was Italian porridge.
I don't really associate Italians with porridge!
My son won't move too far away, but just now I can see his house from my front window, so that will change!
There are those who like isolation, too.
Not for me, though.
I like to be handy for shops and things.
But we are all different!

Elle, thanks for the 'und so weiter'. My German's reasonably good as I have spent quite a bit of time in the country.

Rusty, I think we all accumulate random bits and pieces of information. Indeed, I've seen you mention things here and there and thought to myself,' oh, I never knew that. ' For me the problem is often retrieving this info!

Hello, Malone!
I agree.
We all have odd facts rattling about in our heads!
There is quite a bit to learn on a lot of threads on this forum, I think.