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Les, you really must get out more!
Seriously though, thanks for all the work you have put into this.

Many thanks, Les –What a whopper!

I had better warn the other half that the grass won’t be cut, car washed….for some time

Oh my God! --- but that's only meant as a sign of adulation & reverence for les, of course! I was feeling ill already.......Lucky my existence here is like a non-stop series of holidays...........So we'll see you again round about Christmas time, right?
Seriously, though, les: you are unique! An enormous thank-you for your even greater resilience this time! Respect! gk

Yikes! I might just go to bed early with this! Massive effort Les - even by your standards!

@ jws --- Please, don't say things like that to Les --- because ------


A) i might laugh so much i will wet myself

B) he will produce a bigger whopper next time


XXXX thanks so much Les, but i can only print on Tuesday xxx

Not a strumpet ((
Most inventive Les, huge amount of work there

jws, be careful. There may be retaliation!

All in good fun Rosalind, I gambled on you ladies seeing the humorous side of your grid title. It conjures up images of one of the men breaking in and throwing one of you over his soulder to take back to his territory.

There is loose reason beind the grid names.

We in "The Unveiled Contingent" all use our real names so are not hidden (I think we all do anyway, maybe not)

"The Foreign Legion" are our setters from far away shores.

"Men of Letters" are exactly what it says, men who's names are made up of letters on the site.

The "Nom De Plumes" are 4 of our AKA's (or only known as)

Hope you enjoy the "Gatekeepers". I have tried to emulate the styles of some of you guys with the wordplay and I guess there will be question marks for a couple, but rest assured, I can certainly back up each one with wordplay explanations later.

There are 160 clues in this one and take my word for it guys, there are some easier clues and some great middle ground testy penny droppers, but believe me when I say, there are some real toughies in it and a generous handful of downright stinkers. A good mixture across the board which will suit all levels and styles of solver.

Les40

I hate it already :-)
Great effort, Les.

Wow les you have surpassed yourself - won't be able to have it printed until Tuesday evening can't wait - lots of kisses T xxx

Whoa! I can hardly wait. My laptop crashed on Thursday and I'm going to try to carve out several hours tomorrow to reset it to factory settings and re-install the programs and peripherals that had been on it before. If that works I'm going to treat myself to a crossword orgy. Thanks so much, Les. It looks quite daunting, but I'm sure it'll be a blast. I'm on a borrowed computer now and feel like stealing it. Best to all fellow setters!