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I will remember to check in Jono...look forward to it.

As you can tell, this old Chambers has been well used and falling apart. It was last re-covered with wallpaper !

I really enjoyed this week's puzzle from "CheeseCracker". Very satisfying to complete- I was about 95% done with a couple of clues still to crack. I did the usual thing of putting it to one side whilst I had lunch then repaired a leaking bathroom sink. I find that such diversions tend to defog the brain, so I then went back to it and immediately grasped what the setter was looking for with 28A and 29D.

Thanks CC.

I also enjoyed this rather tricky Cheesecracker and have a full grid with all clues parsing well.
However the unclued Math/s is quite beyond me !
I was always better at languages

Stop press
The unclued maths now totals correctly. I had missed out one of fhe 6as.

Yes, one of Cheesecracker's better efforts, I thought.

And thank you Jazzgirl for the recommendation - £6.33p has bought me a 1911 Chambers, including postage, and it is in rather better condition than my well-bashed 13th edition...

You did well Matt. I’ve had my eye on a couple of illustrated versions on eBay but they are rather later.

As Lewis Carroll wrote…
"What a comfort a dictionary is"

@hounds
What a bargain ! well found 👏

Jazzgirl/Joni, suffused with excitement of getting a 1911 edition, my ocd devil forced me to buy a first edition (1872), such is my love of the BRB!

•Jono

Oh my goodness, hounds. I hope it was another bargain.
I spotted an 1872 on ABE books yesterday and the price asked was £720.32 including postage, from USA !