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Elle, isn't it a lovely word? Only one answer is acceptable....

Yes, you are right, Malone ... I didn't think it through...
You will have to be "English" for today!

Hello, Elle!
The snow here won't melt today.
It is too cold.
You seem to have more snow than us in the North!
Lindsey Vonn is probably the best ever woman Alpine skier.
Her body is "broken" she says.
I was out for my paper and I showed the girls the photo I took of my "Hannah" book.

Good morning, Malone!
A great word, indeed!
It is in my vocabulary, too, though I use it infrequently!

Rusty, glad you like the word. I haven't heard it used for years.

Elle, I can cope - just - with being English for one day.

Hi, Rusty!
No, at an effective minus 3, the snow up in the park is not going to melt, either!
In fact, what has already fallen is fast becoming very hard and crunchy underfoot.
Nice still at this stage , but not so, once it becomes dangerously slippy.
Speaking of skiing, my friend in Calgary is off on a ski trip.
She says her local temp is minus 14 today, but will be minus 26 tomorrow!
Did the Asda girls like your photos?
I had thought you were going to take the book itself to show to them?

Hello, Elle!
Crunchy snow here, too.
Now, I had the impression that one of the girls was off until Tuesday and was going to bring the book then, but....she was working today and I had my 'phone (with photos of the book) with me, so took the opportunity to show them.
They all work different shifts and I can't keep up with them!
Good puzzle today.
23d is new to me.
And fingers crossed I have 14d correct.
I think it is a plural, d'you think?

Update, Elle.
14d is a plural.
Can be spelled two ways according to Collins.

Hi, Rusty!
We have had a power cut!
My computer went down...and I have had the Devil's own job reinstating it!
Yes, a nice puzzle ...but then the Saturday one usually is, I find.
Always far easier than a daily crossword!
For 14d, I have "culs - de - sac" = "dead ends" (def)
cu - copper
LSD - drug
case (reversed) - affair
Interestingly, yes, our new Collins gives the plural of "cul- de- sac" as both "culs-de -sac" and "cul de sacs", but my 13th edition of Chambers offers no plural form at all!
I cannot lay hands on my French dictionary to check!

Hello, Elle!
What caused the power cut?
Snow?
Well, my French is very much limited to cycling terminology but I thought that "culs-de-sac" looked the better option and fitted the parse.
I have not seen the plural used before, though.
I like the Collins Dictionary.
I give it more use than Chambers now, I think.

Hi, Rusty!
I have no idea what caused the power cut.
It is not snowing in our immediate vicinity, anyway.
But it had gone very dark...and so we had switched on the lights....
I was reading, when suddenly the lights started flashing rapidly...... and so did the computer screen......
Then everything electrical switched off!
The "cut" didn't last long...and all appliances except the computer appeared fine afterwards.
But it took an age to get the computer back on track.
Touch wood, all seems well now though!
Yes, I like the Collins..... it is set out more clearly than the Chambers, and it is easier to find what one wants.