Hey, Rusty!
Your answer for the Times clue sounds fine to me? I hadn't heard of the word "soz", but your parsing sounds good.
"Soz" is in my Chambers as a slang word for "Sorry".
It is also in Collins, but not in my Oxford dictionary.
I am not sure whether Malone thinks that it is a "rude" word ?
or just unpleasant on the ear?
But I cannot find any reference saying such?
You are fortunate in having dry weather.
We seem to have been alternating with West Kensington.
I have this vision of the rain clouds whizzing backwards and forwards between here and there!
Tomic has just beaten Muller!