Rather than incur the ire of DevaDolly I am posting again with the agreed title of an EV. In$ my original post I used the "Build a" option and it just decided to ignore my initial request to...
Hello EV, N&C Wine Clubbers, INITIALLY I LOST my way on this, and FOUND I had to cold solve a lot of clues, which was not too much of a chore, before I FOUND my way! I actually think I spent more...
Hello EV, N&C WineClubbers, I was very obedient and followed the instructions! Hopefully you will all also find the result well composed! We are slurping a Stamford Brook Merlot, eminently...
Good morning all - I can't see a thread yet on this fine crossword by Shark. A difficult one, I thought, but lots of clever touches, and crammed with thematic material. I've still one or two bits of...
Greetings from across the briny. This was a fine puzzle with plenty of thematic material to keep you busy. I must say I had a hard time tracking down a few of the components of the 4 down clues,...
Everyone must be away on their hols or just enjoying a lazy Sunday. A pretty straightforward grid fill, and once I'd decided that SMIR was not relevant other than the placing of unchecked letters, an...
Hello Everyone, Well Loda cerainly didn't cause any grief this week. I had absolutely no knowledge of the "record" concerned. However the performer, who I had heard of, appeared quite...
Greetings and salutations! A medium-difficulty EV, I thought. I confess that I don't have the extra letters quite figured out towards the end of the "phrase", but the phrase itself doesn't...
Oh no, it's Mr. O! Greetings you Brits, Swiss (honorary) and any Croatians who may be lurking. A difficult EV, I thought, that would not be out of place as a Listener. Many obscure words for answers;...
Can this be the first post on this puzzle? I thought it was very well done; the theme dawned on me very late in the game - I suspect those who caught it early on had an easier time of finding the...
Hello EVers, I didn't hand around solving this weeks offering, even resolving the clashes didn't keep me in suspense! I'll be absent for the next two weeks, off on holiday, so please accept my...
Hi all EVers. A straight forward puzzle more like a Spectator crossword than an EV. This was probably just as well as my head couldn't had coped with anything too difficult following the wonderful...
In the style of Rene, Allo, allo tout le monde, As I managed to get started in the NE and SW quadrants, 8, 23c fell into place quickly. which meant that the letter to be deleted and combined with the...
i've struggled with this [pretty tough clues generally i found] - now i'm looking for the 8 letters and all i can see is an interesting 7 letter word. if i add the letter at the front it loosely gives...
Hello to all the EV N&C Wine Clubbers, I thought I would be in for a tough time this week. I don't like the jigsaw type of barred crosswords. I went through the clues and to my surprise solved...
Proving that they don't need to be too tough to be entertaining. Just enough of a workout to figure out where the spaces went, then a straightforward but pleasing end game. I got 22a early, but I have...
