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Hi Ros
I was asked a few years ago to try and solve a family problem where someone had been shot. The woman had no idea who her father was and there was no marriage record in the GRO. I did eventually find her father (then deceased) ..in the days before DNA was used in such cases. It was a very tricky case and involved asking questions of quite a few people in the area who knew of the shooting. I still have the messages which were sent between me and one other . Very
complicated to explain on here :)

Thanks Rosalind - I`ve learned not to assume too much from member names - silly me thought Hannah was a she, when in fact she`s a he!

Here’s one I think does cross the line, in a fun way, it’s by Myops in the Wee Stinker, sadly he’s passed away
G-GAG (5,8)

Hannah's male- well, I never! Though it is, of course, a surname. Rosalind is what I wish I had been called, but I do like to answer to Ros (as Jazzgirl knows!)

Jazzgirl- that sounds most intriguing and well done you. I find digitized newspapers astonishing. DNA results quite often confounding as well- someone I know who thought his father was from E Euopean had not a single EE gene.
I was pleased to discover 3% Norwegian- Viking ancestry no doubt

Took me a long time to crack top right of Tuesday's Times, especially
Doctor frees police up (8) when I had M-----E-

Because UP can mean OVER (eg time's up) I was trying to make MAKEOVER work, especially as it's close to doctor in a sense.

However, MOUNTIES was a nice reminder of UP = on a horse. I remember racing commentators and phrases like 'Shergar with Scobie Breasley up'.

Thanks paulh, what a brilliant clue! A new pair of words/phrases for my book (both "up" and "mounted on horse" will go in).
I plan never, ever to be up again, having spent many weeks in hospital as a result of coming down!

Hailstones last night. And rain. Hallelujah!

Interesting use of “cats” in the Guardian today. Especially having interpreted the meaning you then had to make an anagram. Does a plural imply just two of something? I’ve seen ‘news’ indicating NN which is similar I suppose

Full clue...
Cats love playing a bit of music (7)

I would have preferred two cats playing.

My thoughts exactly, also it’s a nice image!