During 2019: 1 who needed just 7.69 seconds at WD18? 2 which myopic nightwatchman fell just eight short? 3 which Servant, having acted the part, was elected in reality? 4 where did a spiral slide add fun to the Holy and Undivided Trinity? 5 whos[…]

 1 where did Colonel Ross and the Inspector await the travellers? 2 where did the duo alight when following up Cubitt’s conundrum? 3 which little “halt-on-demand station” was used by the would-be anglers? 4 from where in the Peak District […]

 1 what included the Bill as part of the Rape? 2 what is long in Britain but short across the pond? 3 whence the destination of Commons members on resignation? 4 what was the location of an old world strigine residence of great charm? 5 in what […]

Which dual enterprise:1 could work wonders?2 took over from West and Wyatt?3 gives one a shot at Double Dutch?4 exploited the unique qualities of Siberian Weasels’ hair?5 created 33 complications in a limited edition of just four devices? (more&hel[…]

Round and round and round: 1 what slope is now chronometric? 2 where is a duck bill followed by a dive? 3 where might there be help from the north-westerly? 4 what recalls the twin child nurtured by a lupine wet nurse? 5 what would be recog[…]

 1 whence the ‘two-spotted’ duck? 2 where were the forgeries sunk after Bernhard? 3 where did Alexander defeat the crusaders on ice? 4 whence the winter’s spray, washing through the bars in high winds? 5 over what stretch of water […]

What currency of which country is suggested by: 1 a nip? 2 6.76 metres for gold? 3 a Balkan amphitheatre? 4 a sweet-tasting carbohydrate? 5 a converted Muslim place of worship? (more…)[…]

Where: 1 did Rajam captain the MCC? 2 did the chauffeur confess to Pinky’s hit and run? 3 did the doomed old man ride on a long-eared, cream-coloured donkey? 4 did the Irish orphan play his eponymous Jewel Game in the spymaster’s shop? 5 was[…]

 1 whose opera was inspired by Virgil? 2 who honoured Queen Anne’s consort with a stimulating voluntary? 3 who wrote music for the attendant to Prospero as he donned his ducal robes? 4 who wrote music forever patriotically associated with our g[…]

 1 who started in the Justinian? 2 as what is the black trumpet also known? 3 upon what is the Lord laughing in the sun? 4 where did Dulcibella run aground, lured by Dollmann? 5 which oxymoronic engagement resulted in the humiliation of the 7th[…]