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Grunger

Ivor is actually half-German.

Malone

It was a rather disappointing evening. The trip with my son to McD....... went well enough (report later if I get a chance). I forgot to mention Big Mac and his small fries to Ivor, but I did not see any large Scotsmen. I go to the Cheshire Oaks branch at Ellesmere Port, and I suppose your friend goes elsewhere.

On arriving home, I was told by the family that we were going to watch 3 hours of recordings of a programme about "Baptiste", a detective apparently. I started the Times crossword whilst watching it. I am afraid I did not get very far. I could not solve your 14A and seeing the answer today I am not surprised The SA is nonsense and I never see it. To me "appeal" is "O" or "howzat".

I thought 13D must be Ostrich Egg but the anagram was wrong. A rare error. But then I thought that the "Trot" clue was wrong too. Also the "Lufthansa" one did not need "large", or if it did, it should be after "developing". So I abandoned it. I could not really follow the TV story, and to cap it all, I find we are only half-way, and another 3-hour session is booked for the weekend!

Jigjag, thanks for your comprehensive post - a restaurant review, analysis of a television drama … and some crossword dissections. The Ostrich Clue and Lufthansa clues contained errors, and were discussed on the long, chatty thread yesterday. Corrections to the clues appeared online yesterday - too late, of course. I thought Trot was feeble. I'm glad you found no appeal in the cliched, ancient SA.

I watched one episode of 'Baptiste' and felt it was one too many.

jigjag

Thanks, I suppose he has a German father and that is why he is strict on grammar, German and English. Are you watching the first series?

grunger

Do you mean there is another series? I wont be watching any of that. This is set in Amsterdam and that is about all I have understood.

Malone

Thanks - yes my posting seems to have been a bit of a rant, probably due to gorging myself on fast "food", Baptiste and crossword clues including the "gorges" one.

I must do a more measured report on my visit to McD.....

Orson, I overlooked your 'paired' last night. I was feeling charitable at the time and decided to deem it just a misprint.

Jigjag, it certainly wasn't a rant - you had a lot of ground to cover.

PS I could be wrong, but I thought Grunger's 'series' related to cricket stuff as you'd mentioned appeals and howzat.

Good afternoon to you, malone. The paired appeared twice so I don't think it was a misprint. I also checked whether pair was an alternative spelling of pare.

You mentioned a long thread about yesterday's Times crossword but I have been unable to find it. Is it on this site? Thanks.

Malone

I see what you mean. I took it to mean a TV series but it could be a cricket series with the Ashes coming soon.

Grunger

Are you a cricket fan? Tyke, Hannah and I (and possibly others) are.

orson

I think it is the Personal Chatty Thread

Malone

I meant the TV series. I am not a proper cricket fan, but I have been to some County matches. I hate football though.

Orson, thanks for the 'paired' update. Making a habit of the error is deplorable. Sorry I couldn't remember the PCT title - I couldn't check as I'd have lost my half-written response to you.

Grunger, I'm delighted you weren't talking about cricket, something I can't stand and ignore as much as possible. I did a thematic puzzle yesterday, then Jigjag had a couple of cricket references... I was beginning to feel the world was out to get me!