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Break the Link by Jaques
As Midazolam appears to be offline at the moment I am taking it upon myself to post the link along with his usual message. I hope he doesn't mind.
Rapparee
Midazolam writes......
To any EV solver!
I am undertaking the statistics for the Telegraph EV. This is because several people find the timeframe until submission too short and in my opinion there have been some crosswords harder than the listener. It would be interesting to see these statistics and depending on the results may influence this timeframe. I could never reach the echelon of J Green and it must be stressed I don't submit the EV and never will do. So I have no interest other than seeing how we fare. E-mail a scanned copy/reconstructed typed grid or a list of the answers with the info of the required theme to [email protected] by 6pm on the Wednesday after the EV (i.e. last post). However please e-mail me whenever you have finished as they will be invaluable to the statistics. Just use any alias and not your name (if you don't want to) or home address. As we generally do with the listener threads � hints and tips only on the threads. Comments are most welcome and I will copy this every week, so spread the word.
Regards Midazolam
As Midazolam appears to be offline at the moment I am taking it upon myself to post the link along with his usual message. I hope he doesn't mind.
Rapparee
Midazolam writes......
To any EV solver!
I am undertaking the statistics for the Telegraph EV. This is because several people find the timeframe until submission too short and in my opinion there have been some crosswords harder than the listener. It would be interesting to see these statistics and depending on the results may influence this timeframe. I could never reach the echelon of J Green and it must be stressed I don't submit the EV and never will do. So I have no interest other than seeing how we fare. E-mail a scanned copy/reconstructed typed grid or a list of the answers with the info of the required theme to [email protected] by 6pm on the Wednesday after the EV (i.e. last post). However please e-mail me whenever you have finished as they will be invaluable to the statistics. Just use any alias and not your name (if you don't want to) or home address. As we generally do with the listener threads � hints and tips only on the threads. Comments are most welcome and I will copy this every week, so spread the word.
Regards Midazolam
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I think there is a dark side of my brain that prevents me from making the leap into the 'penny drop' moment of so many crosswords and this one is no different. Completing the grid wasn't too demanding, but can I get to the 'Of course! Why didn't I see that?!' revelation. No! A subtle (or not so subtle) hint would be much appreciated.
Like Rapparee, I looked at the possible letters that could go into the down lights, from those available, that would make proper words.
The first word then stood out like a sore thumb bearing in mind the context. That left the letters comprising the second word to be anagrammed. I have to say I had never heard of the word that I came up with, but it does make sense, again in the context of the puzzle.
The first word then stood out like a sore thumb bearing in mind the context. That left the letters comprising the second word to be anagrammed. I have to say I had never heard of the word that I came up with, but it does make sense, again in the context of the puzzle.
thanks for posting that rapparee
as i mentioned on the listener thread - my internet is not up and running. Just printed it out now. This is another example of the timeframe gone mad as I wouldnt have time to submit it even if I did
I will be sending a letter to the telegraph with all your comments/concerns. I am not sure how much sway it will have.
p.s. none has said they would actually like it kept this way. Any comments for this are welcome.
midazolam
as i mentioned on the listener thread - my internet is not up and running. Just printed it out now. This is another example of the timeframe gone mad as I wouldnt have time to submit it even if I did
I will be sending a letter to the telegraph with all your comments/concerns. I am not sure how much sway it will have.
p.s. none has said they would actually like it kept this way. Any comments for this are welcome.
midazolam
Hi Midazolam!
Hope you're still enjoying fatherhood. As far as the submission date is concerned I wouldn't mind if it went back to Friday as this would still give them time to print the Seven magazine. All they would need to do is put the winner's name into the relevant space. ( Same for Cryptic and GK. )
Unfortunately I can't see them going back to Monday, but I for one would be willing to wait three weeks rather than two to see the printed solution if they did so.
Hope you're still enjoying fatherhood. As far as the submission date is concerned I wouldn't mind if it went back to Friday as this would still give them time to print the Seven magazine. All they would need to do is put the winner's name into the relevant space. ( Same for Cryptic and GK. )
Unfortunately I can't see them going back to Monday, but I for one would be willing to wait three weeks rather than two to see the printed solution if they did so.
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