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I'm going to have a rant here.......
(sorry guys, better out than in, as they say......)
I was browsing through some of the other threads and came across someone asking for help but only stating the clue's number - no actual clue was given.
So I said that if help was wanted it would be useful if he/ she gave the clue, as not everyone had the puzzle in front of them.
Someone else then said that the clues were given in post 1.
I then trawled back through three pages to find post 1 (I must be mad!) only to find that no clues were ever set out , only a link to the crossword!
Isn't this taking people's good will and desire to help to extremes?
You now have to "find" the original crossword by clicking on a link in order to help someone solve a clue??????
What happened to politeness and civility in setting out the name of the crossword, the number of the clue and the clue description, number of letters ,those letter already known etc., as laid down in the "Posting Tips"?

Presumably it's because harpic goes round the bend!

I had to smile at that , Rossim - maybe you've managed to defuse me!

I agree it is bad form not to give the clue.
The person had already been asked to read the posting tips a few threads before, but decided not to bother.
A cup of Camomile tea works wonders !

Rossim,
Harpic goes "clean round the bend"!
And that makes me wonder where "round the bend" for "mad" comes from?
Isn't the English language wonderful!

Oh dear, Elle, you and your rants!
I have not looked at the thread you mentioned, or who the culprit is, but I think we are all in agreement regarding the information that should be posted.
This has been going on since the forum started and is nothing new.
I think in a some cases it is plain laziness, but in many cases it is just that they simply don't realise they have not gave enough info, and fully comply when it is pointed out to them.
We will never get "everyone" posting as we would like them to do, "Posting Tips" or not.

Brewers Dictionary of phrase & fable has "round the bend" : the sense of being "out of the true" i,e, not being straight; round the twist means the same

Yes, Eirlys, and I am sure that is where "loopy" would come from, too!

There is a term for "mad" that is often used in my area that I notice Anne Bradford has, too. "Redwood".
Why "redwood" I have no idea, but it is used by the older generation quite a bit, up here.
She also has "cupcake.
I do not know what a cupcake is?
And why is a fruitcake mad?

Hi, Rusty!
I'm not that bad, am I ?
Rossim made me chuckle though - I've recovered now!
I think it was the fact that I was referred back to a link that really "got my goat"!
There are limits.......
Still raining here.....how about with you? We didn't get out again this afternoon.
I took the dog out into the garden - a morass - for a play. Have you managed a walk today?