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EV 961, Whither Goest Thou? by Charybdis

Back on the toughie track this week, for me anyway. I spent quite a bit of time convincing myself on several of the wordplays - I knew what the extra letter had to be but couldn't see where it was...
16:37 Sun 03rd Apr 201137 answers, last by AndrewG-S 10:31 Thu 14th Apr 2011
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kayakamina

EV 960 - Scandal in Bohemia

The run of difficult EV's came to an end with this offering from Salamanca. One of the quickest grid-fills I can recall, though probably helped by the theme being one of my favourite works. Enjoy your...
07:58 Sun 27th Mar 201126 answers, last by devadolly 09:47 Fri 01st Apr 2011
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dr b

EV 959 Hobson's Choice by Jaques

Our run of tough-but-fun EVs continues this week. Lots of well-concealed misprints. I was a bit leery of "not quite as rendered" but it all works out OK. I have to admit that I was so intent...
14:41 Sun 20th Mar 201135 answers, last by novalis 17:38 Sun 27th Mar 2011
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DocHH

EV 958

Hello EV N&C Wine Clubbers, This took me longer than normal. How the 7 cells from 14 clashing answers were to be treated hit me with a glimmer rather than a blinding flash. How elegant that the...
17:43 Sun 13th Mar 201137 answers, last by DocHH 20:28 Fri 18th Mar 2011
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dr b

EV 957 Products by Samuel

What a fun puzzle. The final step of turning the interim product into the final product made me laugh. Lots of thematic material and some well concealed misprints - bravo and huzzah!
15:40 Sun 06th Mar 201146 answers, last by logophile 11:57 Wed 16th Mar 2011
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dr b

EV 956 Ego Problem by Ifor

Very nice puzzle this week - some hard clues and a lot of thematic material crammed into this one. Lots of cold solving for starters, given that more than half the answers are altered in some way....
15:39 Sun 27th Feb 201133 answers, last by Christiana 10:06 Thu 03rd Mar 2011
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bellabee

ev 955

i really enjoyed this one. it displays great skill in setting i think. just a pity the 5x5 was given away when it would have been an interesting challenge to find it unaided. the anagram is really...
12:41 Sun 20th Feb 201125 answers, last by turast 02:34 Thu 24th Feb 2011
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AndrewG-S

Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 954 Sunday February 13th 2011

Fun this week. Thankfully got Brewers for Christmas which made much easier.
13:54 Sun 13th Feb 201120 answers, last by AndrewG-S 15:21 Mon 04th Apr 2011
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DocHH

EV 953 Anniversary by Oxymoron

Hello EV N&Cing Wine Clubbers, No need to resort to searching for Anniversaries for this EV, it was "hidden in clear view"! The setter, MrO, aka as Devadolly's nemesis, has constructed...
15:58 Sun 06th Feb 201123 answers, last by DocHH 17:27 Tue 08th Feb 2011
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dr b

EV 952: Time to Wrap Up

L'threadstarter, c'est moi. I thought this was nicely done, with some harder clues than in past weeks. My only quibble is that the "sixth line" is not exactly accurately...
16:33 Sun 30th Jan 20117 answers, last by turast 03:20 Wed 02nd Feb 2011
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AndrewG-S

Enigmatic Variations 951

Finding this one tough going. Amendments to the clue entries makes this virtually a cold-solve in many respects. I am down to the last 5 clues, but have been stuck for a while. I guess the lack of...
21:58 Sun 23rd Jan 201149 answers, last by bellabee 21:20 Wed 02nd Feb 2011
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kayakamina

EV 950 - Resident Jokers by Owzat

A very straightforward grid fill of a standard similar to the Spectator. Only 3 'Jokers' to find and all in Brewer. Not much of a bother really....
10:23 Sun 16th Jan 201117 answers, last by AndrewG-S 11:22 Thu 20th Jan 2011
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trux

EV 949 : Square By Square by Piccadilly

Much easier than it looks from the pre-ramble, as clueing is very straightforward (for once you barely need the BRB) and should quite quickly lead you to theme. Extreme care needed in final grid-fill...
12:00 Sun 09th Jan 201117 answers, last by Ruthrobin 09:53 Mon 10th Jan 2011
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AndrewG-S

EV 947 Good Cheer

What an excellent puzzle with a number of different layers. Many thanks MynoT. Hope everyone had a good Christmas!
10:20 Sun 26th Dec 201022 answers, last by Jogler 11:15 Wed 29th Dec 2010
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dr b

EV 946 Message by Rustic

Good afternoon all. This was certainly a nice challenge. The theme was not surprising but getting to the message took a bit of work - double clues and missing letters! I don't understand the wordplay...
15:33 Sun 19th Dec 201023 answers, last by Jogler 14:27 Thu 23rd Dec 2010
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kayakamina

EV 945 Cold Comfort - Loda

I found this trickier than it looked at first sight. Congratulations to our own zita-green on her success with EV 942 - Block Capitals....
13:00 Sun 12th Dec 201021 answers, last by AndrewG-S 15:37 Fri 17th Dec 2010
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AndrewG-S

EV 943 Upstarts

All looks quiet out there, or have I missed the thread again? Have a full grid with thematics, but no quotation or author yet, although one part of the grid looks promising. Good clueing this week...
17:53 Sun 28th Nov 201033 answers, last by devadolly 15:23 Thu 02nd Dec 2010
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kayakamina

EV 942 Block Capitals - by Nutmeg

I can't find any thread and assume everyone has been on their travels as I have with this EV. I enjoyed it and we'll see what others thought. Ps I think 7d should be 6 (not 8)...
19:23 Sun 21st Nov 201017 answers, last by Malcolmd 12:41 Thu 25th Nov 2010
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devadolly

EV 941

Good Afternoon All. Have looked but cannot find any evidence of N & Cing so presume you have all finished and gone out for the day!
13:58 Sun 14th Nov 201028 answers, last by cruciverbali 20:40 Mon 22nd Nov 2010
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DocHH

EV 937 Upheaval by Rach

Hello all EVers Nothing too reactionary today, despite the warning to use a pencil at first. Time for a glass of my usual!...
15:57 Sun 17th Oct 201019 answers, last by novalis 17:01 Tue 19th Oct 2010

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