Ian Hookham

Tough for a Monday. Too many US specific clues for a Brit today. No matter I’ll be back for more tomorrow

Glad of the explanation of the theme. Very clever. Nice to see my name make a crossword appearance. That’s a first

That was harder than a Sunday puzzle. I’m also suspicious of the shortening of words and calling them informal. Some of them, like Bach seem unlikely.

Never got the theme. None the wiser for reading it. Sorry this one is not for me. Oh but I was pleased to see the introduction of the almost daily OREO.

Really enjoyed this one. Great anagrams. Reminded me of one of my all time favourite clues GEGS where the answer was SCRAMBLED EGGS.

Baseball player was just a string of guessing letters and even as a Brit the P in Paddington makes no sense I’m afraid. Enjoy the weekend everyone

Not for me today. The reveal through the notes left me with a huh ? So onto tomorrow

Like going to a quiz night when only the quizmaster knew the answers. Couldnt see the theme for the missing letters or words so frustrating for me. Congrats to those that enjoyed it

Nice easy one today for me. For once the longer answers were easy which helps. Always though a laugh was Teehee but maybe that’s a US version.

Doesn’t have a clue described me once I’d finished the grid and was left with four unsolved key letters. Too contrived for me but congrats to those who solved it.

Really clever theme and once I got the peach I went hunting fruits in the others. Well done really enjoyed it

As a Bond fan, I absolutely loved this puzzle. As a Brit I had a great image of millions of Americans trying to solve clues with fake Scottish accents. Brilliant

So, the Brits also call the device Sat Navs. GPS is the signal. In the same way a joke is not funny if it has to be explained to you, so a puzzle isn’t as good after an explanation. I’ll let you off for the spelling of Honor and Odor - lol Have a great day puzzlers

Just to point out that Mary I would have been an Heiress and not an Heir

Had to google the name of the Doll as I’ve only known them by their nationality. Really clever idea, loved it.

Best Sunday puzzle for awhile. Nice mixture of anagrams, trivia and word play. Excellent 👍

Not a fan. When answers like BRAINCHILD and WHOSINCHARGE don’t even use all the letters it’s convoluted

Very tricky puzzle. On more than one occasion, I got the answer then had to work out why. Oh and the Earl of Sandwich would have never have heard of a Taco let alone used one. Lol.

The Litter pickup area completely stumped me so thanks for the explanation in the comments. Did laugh out loud with cupboard component. That was very clever. Tough puzzle but hey it is Friday

Bar Trivia was a new one for me. In the UK they are quiz nights. Is an undie run a real thing ?? lol. Nice puzzle

Much better offering than yesterdays ant ridden conundrum. Tricky but very doable. Congrats on your debut. Enjoyed it

Really clever. The first of the plus ones had me hating the answer since surely there’s no such thing as a grift registry. As I got the theme I grew to love the plus ones. One side note. When on the iPad app the title of the puzzle isn’t shown until the end. Might have been handy to have this clue at the start.

A shame that the classic book Lorna Doone has to be compared with cookies for a solution. So many times the crossword features US towns and cities that as a Brit I’ve never heard of. So imagine my surprise that a metropolis I live near in England should get a shout out.

Some trivia made me go to Google, French mathematicians being not my forte. 4D I would have thought it should be floundered not foundered but didn’t spoil a very enjoyable puzzle

Just to be picky, the Marx brothers had nicknames that they used on stage and in the case of Gummo who rarely went on stage and managed the other brothers, his was a nickname and not a stage name

Never heard of Gram as a Nana only Gran. Never heard of the basketball legend but luckily a tennis legend had the same nickname. Really enjoyed the puzzle

As a Trekkie fan I did enjoy this, however I overthought USS and went for NCC at first lol. Also the circled letters were no help until the end when I read them from bottom to top doh ! Nice theme well done

The H in HMS was actually less than half of the 20th century. But a nice puzzle