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Chris, yes, old Gary going well.
Must be all the press ups he has been doing all these years!
I like the fun of the Par 3.
Lydia Ko is caddying for Kevin Na!
Last Year McIlroy had a One Direction caddying for him!

Rosalind, Chambers says clarty is Scots/Northern English..
Origin unknown.
I was puzzled earlier (does not take much) when glancing through Bradford's Dictionary, I noticed that under "cute" she had "ankle"?
So, being rather mystified I looked up my Chambers and discovered that "cute/cuit/coot" is a Scots word for ankle.
Certainly new to me!

'm a Northerner and I've never heard of the word "clarty" until today!
I must have led a sheltered life!

And "cute" meaning "ankle" is also a new one to me!

Hello, Elle!
Well, if it was not for Anne Bradford I would not know "cute".
Clarty is well used up here.
But not nearly so well used as "like".
Our teenagers normally have "like" several times in one sentence!

Re earlier posts, I didn't mind (too much) 'uge and Huge. There is one particularly annoying clue in today's Times Cryptic - for me it's the worst example of its kind!

11 A. London borough dismissing leader of one strike (6).

Good morning, Rusty!
A fine day at the moment, although a lot of mud at the park after heavy rain last night!
Not- so -clean dog on arrival home!
She is rubbed down and dried off now though!
Did you take the "scenic route" for your paper?
Is it today that Nina will find out whether she has a ride on Saturday?
Now why did I think that?
I am going out to lunch again today ("Ladies who....")
It isn't decided yet where we shall go........
Okay, now...... a quick coffee before I change out of dog-walking gear........
Do you have any plans for the day?

Hi, Malone!
I've got as far as its beginning with " (o) Ne"........?

Ok, got it!
Actually, I think if you take it as it's written, and not as it's said... I don't think there is any problem with it?
Apart of course from the usual complaint of why would anyone living outside London even know of it!

It's being expected to know London boroughs that is annoying! I have spent a lot of time in the south of England and in London and I have never heard of that place. I think I was in an irritated mood as I'd already dealt with 27 Across -
Two ways across forest, and one part of way across river (8,5)

Now, I really like that last one....!
But I do understand what you mean! and I do sympathise with you, Malone!