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EV 941
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Advice, please! I retrieved a copy of the Telegraph from my father-in-law's bin this morning and have been attempting the EV for the first time this afternoon. I complete the Times crossword every day, the Mephisto on Sundays and various 'enigmatic' puzzles like The Oldie. But this EV one has me flummoxed. I have filled about 70% of the cells, but am no nearer understanding the puzzle. I have just read the string on this site (and what's C&Ning?!), but am no nearer an understanding.
I don't want the answers (unless I get desperate!), but would welcome some hints/ explanations of how to progress!
I don't want the answers (unless I get desperate!), but would welcome some hints/ explanations of how to progress!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Advice? Perhaps put it back in the bin or you risk ending up as an obsessive who spends all weekend on EV, Azed, Listener, Mephisto....
But I suppose, having come this far, you won't take this advice, in which case follow JMR27's. The preamble and the title give you a hint about what to do with the solutions which don't appear to fit in the grid, and the (other search engines are available)ing will explain the "n'th of 4" entries.
Good luck, and buy yourself a comfortable straightjacket.
But I suppose, having come this far, you won't take this advice, in which case follow JMR27's. The preamble and the title give you a hint about what to do with the solutions which don't appear to fit in the grid, and the (other search engines are available)ing will explain the "n'th of 4" entries.
Good luck, and buy yourself a comfortable straightjacket.
Hello crockshard
Welcome to the mad-house that is EV! We are a group of EV solvers who Natter and Chatter (N&C). We tend to only give hints in relation to solving EVs, which I seem to suspect is what you require! I am a slave to the Daily Telegraph crosswords, and normally find the quick more demanding than the Cryptic or Toughie!
This week the rubric to EV 941 does actually give away a lot of hints to the thematic entries. You will need to put your deerstalker on and get out your magnifying glass, or perhaps even do a search for the first few words of the rubric!
The difference between the clue indication length for 27a and the grid length should help!
Welcome to the mad-house that is EV! We are a group of EV solvers who Natter and Chatter (N&C). We tend to only give hints in relation to solving EVs, which I seem to suspect is what you require! I am a slave to the Daily Telegraph crosswords, and normally find the quick more demanding than the Cryptic or Toughie!
This week the rubric to EV 941 does actually give away a lot of hints to the thematic entries. You will need to put your deerstalker on and get out your magnifying glass, or perhaps even do a search for the first few words of the rubric!
The difference between the clue indication length for 27a and the grid length should help!
Mea culpa, DocHH. I would pretend to pedantry and claim that as The Spectator's offering comes earlier in the week it was excluded by 'all weekend', or included in the ellipsis, but it was a serious omission and is always an entertaining puzzle. While I'm at it, I might mention The Crossword Centre (http://www.crossword.org.uk/), Puzzletome (http://www.puzzletome.com/crossword/), and also Oxford Today which now only publishes its crossword on-line (http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/) -- not that it really competes with CAM which has Schadenfreude as a regular compiler.
Ve hav vays of making you vaste time.
Ve hav vays of making you vaste time.