ev 812: our hero by piccadilly

[midazolam]

here is this weeks enigmatic variations

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 fair.

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

p.s. thanks to all those who e-mailed me last week, it is interesting to here from those abroad who can't often make the deadline

[novalis]

Thank you for the early post. Feel such a heel having completed it.

[midazolam]

yes - a very easy one this week - so anyone new should have a go at this one
(early finish means i can get back to the listener)

[novalis]

Should have added in my previous post:-
a - scanner not working
b - this and EV813 ( and other crosswords ) are the last I'll be able to give any serious attention to for a while. Exam scripts are due to arrive on 7 June -- and I need to have read them all before meetings on 11th and 12th. The scripts themselves, any extra scripts I may receive and my team of examiners have to come first. I'm always conscious that I'm dealing with people's futures.

[ulysses100]

I agree --- a very easy one this week. I think this may have been the quickest one to complete (ever !). But I won't be a heel and give away any answers !

[novalis]

A neighbour of mine asked how I rated it. I replied " I wouldn't give it ten Don. ( That must be the worst pun of the year! )

[Christiana]

I sympathise, Novalis, having done exam marking in the past. My life went on hold for it. As for your use of a pun, perhaps it's your weak point!

[novalis]

Agree Christiana, it is my weak point ..... but Styx and stones....