Stephen Collis

Apologies for the recent outage. The offending issue has been dealt with.

First a couple of answers are outstanding. The answer to ‘bottom tier’ is, of course, ‘shoelace’ (did you notice how putting ‘of course’ in there completely alters what you mean to say. It implies that you are thick if you did not get the answer straight away). Not my intention… Continue reading →

Hello again Today’s clue is Bottom tier (8) I will give you the solution to the last clue next time. Good luck!

Remote Control and Missy will soon be available as an omnibus edition and available on Amazon. Now that’s Amazin’

Hello again First the solution: The clue was ‘Head in calls for attention after his first class’ the answer is HOI POLLOI Why? Well, ‘calls for attention’ is OIS i.e oi (as in Oi you) with head in i.e POLL (another term for head as in Polling which is a… Continue reading →

No-one has correctly solved the last clue! Some pretty good efforts with sound(ish) reasoning so I will give a litlle hint. The solution has 9 letters. OK? Hope you are enjoying the summer (or winter, whatever) wherever you are.

Today’s clue is a little bit of a stinker, not enough though for a mention in the Caedmon Hall of Fame. ‘Head in calls for attention after his first class’ Tell you what, I will make it a bit harder by not telling you how many letters it has got… Continue reading →

How did you get on with the last clue? Quite easy eh? The solution is FOREVER. Why? Well the clue was ‘Warning deliveries don’t start and never end’. So how did we get there? FORE is a warning in golf, an ‘over’ in cricket is 6 balls ‘delivered’ by the… Continue reading →

I’m back now. Sorry I’ve been away so long but I was engaged in another venture which has finally come to fruition. So back now to my first love. I am presently compiling book two (see I haven’t been completely ignoring you) and just to get us back into the… Continue reading →