what i am coming to is this reginald frimpton had not only polished off his packet of smoky bacon crisps and been to collect himself another pint before either stribley wainwright or moot point had potted a ball , he had also had time to remove a biro from his jacket pocket and manage to fill in five tricky cryptic clues from yesterdays times crossword before a red was finally sunk and a cry of unbounded , relieved delirium was heard from the far end of the table .