EV 1017 Epilogue by Oxymoron

[D_C_L]

I rather muddled through this cleverly constructed puzzle guessing how down entries were entered before knowing how across entries were entered. However a couple of slapdash entries held me up for a while but thoroughly enjoyed the home stretch.

[slaney]

Afternoon D_L_C and all.
Not the easiest to start, but a nice finish
The theme is popular this week which is hardly surprising.

[DocHH]

Hello D_C_L,
I also guessed at how the "downs" were entered, luckily it was correct. I then managed to make life hard for myself, by looking at the wrong "Epilogue" and trying to crowbar the extra letters into the phrase!
I suspect Devadolly will have looked at the compiler and had a fit of apoplexy!

[novalis]

Hi everybody!

Worked out early how the down answers need adjusting then took it from there. Yet another pleasing puzzle from Oxymoron.
Because of visitors I didn't get round to last week's and will be absent for a while now because of exam work. Happy solving to everybody.

[x_word_fan]

Does anyone have a copy they can send me please - I normally rely on my neighbour who I forgot was away and paper shop has run out!
[email protected]

Thanks

[slaney]

Scanned copy sent x_word_fan.

[x_word_fan]

Thanks so much

[Speravi]

I also guessed the entry method for the downs at an early stage. An enjoyable workout, not too testing at all. I logged on to the site expecting to see comments about the clue to 27 across...

[novalis]

Hi Speravi!

27 across works. The BRB gives the appropriate definition for the last five letters of the clue entry.

[devadolly]

Hello Everyone..........yes Doc, I have had apoplexy! That is as far as I have got, xwords definately on hold for the moment. Don't anyone EVER be stupid enough to refurbish one bedroom in a tiny two bedroomed house...........it is total madness! One needs a Phd in critical path analysis to negotiate the pitfalls of all the components..............bedroom fitters/decorator/electrician/carpet fitter/bed company, quite frankly, I wish I had stayed with the 'temporary' furniture that's been in 32 years!!!
x-w-f & K I hope you saw my thank you post on last week's thread. All done and dusted thanks to your help. No doubt I will be begging for aid and assistance by mid-week!

[dr b]

Hola from scenic San Antonio; here helping kid 2 pack her dorm and get home for the summer. Fortunately not a real tester this week and I was able to finish last night. Like most I guessed the method for the downs early on; like docHH I was working off the wrong epilogue for a while.

95 degrees here in South Texas!

[Micky666]

All done, but surely 15ac wordplay produces an extRa letter!

[kayakamina]

I can see why you would say that Micky 666.

I wasted a bit of time as I was initially thinking of a biblical phrase which is the opposite of what was required!
Although I prefer puzzles to have real words this one was still enjoyable.

[Shoni70]

I think that I have also completed it. A good challenge, but I am unsure about one answer. Can anybody enlighten me please for my answer to 30 down . I have a name for a Gaelic eisteddfod but how to arrive at this from the given clue is a mystery.

[kayakamina]

Hi Shoni 70

I saw it as i (one) dh (das heisst -German 'that is') + ceil (line)

[MarkRae]

http://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Royal_National_Mod

[kayakamina]

MarkRae

Shoni 70 had the answer but was asking for the wordplay.

[novalis]

Have just completed E V 1016 after preparing for tomorrow's and Wednesday's meetings. Many thanks to all those who provided hints on that thread.

[ringer]

Thoroughly enjoyed this, although I too was tempted by a different epilogue with a biblical theme. I agree with Micky666 re the wordplay for 15A. Devadolly - I don't think MrO is quite as scary with the latest offering. Well worth pursuing.

[Shoni70]

Thank you so much kayakamina. I do not think I would have ever found the reason for the answer in a month of Sundays.

[devadolly]

Thank you for the kind words ringer, falling on deaf ears I'm afraid, I've onlymanaged to complete about 6 clues and absolutely nothing is falling/tripping/collapsing/stumbling into place and as to which epilogue...............I'm not even close, I'm off to chat to my tomatoes try and give them a bit of encouragement in this thin little east wind.