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Paul

I was thinking: White to move, kings, peon (which I knew was a pawn - we learned the names of the pieces in a Spanish lesson. I liked Alfil, which reminds me of Anfield).

I missed the check and variations - so there were actually 5 ( though you are right, not in a chess contest). Whenever I see Bishop, king queen etc, I think of chess first.

Paul, Grunger

Clever clue. Part of the solution, elephant, is a piece (per clue), being the name for the bishop in Spanish and Russian, if I remember correctly.

malone jigjag

I was pleased to see I Down in the EV yesterday. I wondered what the female version is. I liked the .............ship too.

Grunger

I suppose it must be -----a

I liked the Gambit clue in Times yesterday.

Note from Admin - I have removed this post, it was a copy of Post 79 in this thread. I wonder WHY?

I've just seen an advert for Booking.com (about whom I've seen some complaints recently - particularly one family who had booked a holiday in Cornwall and weren't recognised when they arrived; booking.com rearranged their holiday to Uxbridge!). The backing track was Fleetwood Mac - would you believe "Tell me lies"....

chrise

I cant think of anything worse than a holiday in Uxbridge. I suppose it would not take as long to get there though.

Part of a crossword clue today:

One with no religion. Answer: pagan.

But is paganism a religion? It is sometimes defined as a religion that is not recognized. A grey area, I think.

Orson

I was taught at school that any non-Christian was a pagan

malone

Hope you enjoyed the cricket clues in the Times today