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Yes, I think you're right. Demolishing something is much more severe than merely taking it apart. So, "Molishing" might be throwing something together, like making a cake perhaps.

Indeed, 'I've molished up something for supper - hope it'll be OK'....

In which case, I have often done so !

Hi, Rusty!
I don't think a supermarket or local newsagent would be likely to stock as many stamps as I require?
I need about 90 second class stamps - plus the ones for my Overseas cards.
So I 'm afraid that a visit to the P.O is unavoidable. Tomorrow's chore!
I had a quick shifty at "willy- nilly" - it appears to be quite innocuous a saying .....unless someone else's Brewers has a different meaning? After all, it was quite surprising how many different slants we all had the other day!
I've just been talking to my elder daughter and the boys - they rang up to report on their parts in the school Christmas play!
A good time seems to have been had by all!
The next event is their Christmas party next Wednesday. After which they break up till the first week in January!
Time to go sort out some food.......

Pigale and Seamus....
To me, the word "demolish" conjurors up a demolition site where they use one of those massive cranes swinging a huge lump of lead (?) to knock down buildings.......whatever do they call it now?
It must have a specific name?

"Wrecking ball" elle (as in the Emmy-Lou Harris album - best ever C&W - a genre I don't generally like).

Thank you, Chris!
I couldn't remember that!
(Rusty will say it's another senior moment!)

Hello, Elle and Pigale.
I have just received an email from The Times crossword editor, Richard Rogan.
It is a very nice email, he notes my points, and will, in future try to cut down on the Londonisms!
Only 4 of his setters are Londoners, 4 are Irish!
Others are from New Zealand (1), and the North of England.
So, it was very nice of Mr Rogan to respond.
I shall reply, I think.

Emmylou is super, Chris!

Hi, Rusty!
Great! What a fantastic response! And so nice a gesture, too, for the crossword editor to reply to you in person.
Yes, I think you should definitely reply to him!
I cannot help feeling a little but miffed, though, that my personal letter to him was presumably not passed on? I did ask ever so nicely that it might be forwarded to the appropriate quarters.
Ah well, the main thing is that YOU got a positive response, and the promise of cutting down on the "Londonisms" in future.
Well done!

Hi rusty
I have all her Daniel Lanois produced albums (all great), and a couple of later ones. She is the exception to the rule that I don't like C&W.