Well after a frustrating day where little seemed to go well or as planned, it was nice to sit down to this weeks ev. Less nice to see no numbers, but not as it turned out a disaster that soaked uP...
An enjoyable puzzle though not too demanding once the entry device is discovered. I am at a loss however to see the definition of 36d.
Seems it is just a surname that is to be highlighted?...
Not too difficult a solve - perhaps a Magpie B grade. Am I alone in thinking that the spelling of one of the answers is not in the BRB? Also I thought that the preamble was a bit misleading. I can see...
An enjoyable solve. Early start as children suffered early wakefulness and it was ' my turn.' I had no idea where this was going until got right to the end and reordered clue letters. Usually have a...
I wonder any of our legal ABers can help with a bit of advice. I am the Executor of my Mother-in-Law's will, she is 99 years old and has just had a nasty fall, which she is not likely to survive. She...
Any, with that, we say a final farewell to Rustic's crosswords. This one had a clever idea applied perhaps as much as is possible in a grid this size. I only finally twigged the idea when I'd tried...
As usual with this sort of 'fit where they will' crossword, I had to solve about half the clues before I could start filling the grid. The beauty of the filled grid, though, made it all worth while....
Hello Evers, As soon as I saw this week's setter I rather sensed a rather loud sigh of resignation from Devadolly in the NW! However I found the clue-ing very fair and quite quickly populated the...
Hi Is anybody is doing today EV and if so are you having similar difficulties to me. I can't reconcile the two top north western thematic entries and also 35d and 40a don't seem to fit together. Would...
Down to four this week: 1A Discover about new kind of altered state (6) ? ? ? ? C ? Chance? Detect? 11A Quickly moved right pieces in chess up the board (4) ? ? ? ? Inch? 1D Man who silently obeys...
Interesting theme and a clever construction to get the clashes to come out as they did. Confirming the 6th place took a while!
It's snowing today! What the heck? It was 75 degrees yesterday....
Independent today running an article on 10 commonly mispronounced words. How well did you guys do? Must admit to surprise at finding I was guilty of mispronouncing 2 of the words - apparently my...
Hello EVers I enjoyed this weeks offering from Gaston. I did manage to spy the theme early on in the solve. As with previous EVs, I am reluctant to erase a carefully deduced or solved light. If my...
Ant A busy insect that still finds time to go to picnics. Adder Mathematically inclined snake. Atheism Non-prophet organisation. Babies Nature's way of showing people what the world looks like at 2...
A straightforward grid fill and an interesting endgame - no grid staring for once! Not sure about 1d but otherwise all done if I have understood it correctly!
1a I have dessert with dram being brought round plane (4-6) D???-??????
14a Designed to provide account of last bit of prisoner's escape over wall (12) ?????S??????
TIA...
A huge amount going on, but a relatively gentle solve despite that. I found some of the clues fairly generous, so was able to work out one of the replacements and then work backwards from there to...
Fairly easy gridfill, followed by some head-scratching over the instruction. A lucky search in onelook.com's reverse dictionary led to a possibility; my reaction was at first "no way", followed by...