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EV 1029: Turning to Eccentricity, by Ifor

Hello all Evers, Well, I promise never to publicly state that an EV was easy! This was a struggle, only a couple of gifts on the first pass through. The title and grid numbering gave me a megaton hint...
16:09 Sun 29th Jul 201215 answers, last by Christiana 17:28 Thu 02nd Aug 2012
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EV 1020: Loss by Samuel

Hello everyone, I had a sinking feeling when I did the first pass through the clues looking for gifts! I found the clues hard, but fair in retrospect. Hopefully someone will confirm the answer lengths...
16:48 Sun 27th May 201228 answers, last by cruciverbali 07:14 Sun 03rd Jun 2012
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EV 1019: Losing the Plot by Nutmeg

Hello Everyone, On the first pass through the clues looking for gifts I was disappointed at so few! Then steadily worked them, and things grew from there, having got the quote made solving the rest of...
15:51 Sun 20th May 201210 answers, last by devadolly 13:41 Sat 26th May 2012
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EV 1016: Sentry Duties by MynoT

Hello EV N&Cers Started off by entering the answers to what I thought were quite easy clues, and ended up with an awful lot of clashes! Then the brain sort of marched into action. It became...
16:18 Sun 29th Apr 201213 answers, last by devadolly 11:12 Thu 03rd May 2012
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EV 1011: Title by Piccadilly

I normally don't like this type of EV, where the lights and clues are not numbered, but the cluing was straightforward and grid entry similar. Except that the clue, "Cat, excited, close to...
10:48 Sun 25th Mar 20129 answers, last by AndrewG-S 12:29 Mon 26th Mar 2012
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EV 1010 Lego by Chalicea

Hello everyone, Straightforward clues this week, and not too many new words. I couldn't restrain a shiver on completion though. Quite topical! Soon be time for a preprandial Jamesons, dinner will be...
16:23 Sun 18th Mar 201220 answers, last by novalis 12:26 Sat 24th Mar 2012
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EV 1002: Simple Subtraction by Charybdis

Hello, for anybody searching for this weeks EV, using the agreed entry, here is a link! http://www.theanswerb.../Question1098501.html Time for a slurp!...
18:07 Sun 22nd Jan 20121 answer, last by Mysterons 21:20 Mon 23rd Jan 2012
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EV 1000: Dollars Also, by Rustic

Hello EV N&Cers, No problems here today. In fact in a previous thread there were suggestions that were close to this EV's theme. Interesting that it almost carries on from last week's theme. I'm...
16:56 Sun 08th Jan 20122 answers, last by DocHH 19:34 Sun 08th Jan 2012
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EV 998 Nativity by Oxymoron

Hello EVers, I didn't like alll the cold solving involved with this EV, especially given the extra letters or words! Then to find there is actually a dilemma around one of the entries needed to...
17:47 Sun 18th Dec 201115 answers, last by DocHH 22:11 Fri 23rd Dec 2011
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EV 997 by SOL

Hello all EVers, Hopefuly I haven't duplicated anythig! I found todays offering quite awkward, lots of cold solving and trying to make a sensible phrase of the extra letters, until a leap of faith...
19:02 Sun 11th Dec 201110 answers, last by novalis 14:00 Wed 14th Dec 2011
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EV 990: Whimsy by Rustic

As dr b is in Denver and will be a bit late getting to this week's EV, I thought I'd start this weeks thread. Not many gifts on the first pass through the clues, unfortunately. However, I cold solved,...
14:38 Sun 23rd Oct 20116 answers, last by kayakamina 12:15 Mon 24th Oct 2011
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EV 987: Network by Syd Lexis

Rather than incur the ire of DevaDolly I am posting again with the agreed title of an EV. In$ my original post I used the "Build a" option and it just decided to ignore my initial request to...
16:25 Sun 02nd Oct 201113 answers, last by AndrewG-S 20:27 Sat 08th Oct 2011
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Sunday Telegraph Prize Crossword 987 Sunday October 2nd 2011

Did anyone else wrongly count the number of squares to be shaded by counting all the letters of each individual word that had to be shaded? Populated most of the grid quite quickly, and shaded the the...
16:14 Sun 02nd Oct 20111 answer, last by cruciverbali 20:05 Mon 10th Oct 2011
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EV 983; Lost and Found by Piccadilly

Hello EV, N&C Wine Clubbers, INITIALLY I LOST my way on this, and FOUND I had to cold solve a lot of clues, which was not too much of a chore, before I FOUND my way! I actually think I spent more...
15:34 Sun 04th Sep 201128 answers, last by DocHH 18:58 Wed 07th Sep 2011
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EV 982 Follow the Instructions, by Kcit

Hello EV, N&C WineClubbers, I was very obedient and followed the instructions! Hopefully you will all also find the result well composed! We are slurping a Stamford Brook Merlot, eminently...
19:29 Sun 28th Aug 201126 answers, last by DocHH 15:39 Wed 31st Aug 2011
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EV 978: Record by Loda

Hello Everyone, Well Loda cerainly didn't cause any grief this week. I had absolutely no knowledge of the "record" concerned. However the performer, who I had heard of, appeared quite...
16:35 Sun 31st Jul 201122 answers, last by devadolly 09:02 Thu 04th Aug 2011
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EV 970: Suitably Abbreviated by Chalicea

Hello EVers, I didn't hand around solving this weeks offering, even resolving the clashes didn't keep me in suspense! I'll be absent for the next two weeks, off on holiday, so please accept my...
15:51 Sun 05th Jun 201123 answers, last by phurley 15:10 Tue 14th Jun 2011
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EV 967:Suit by Mynot

Hello EV N&C Wine Clubbers, Well this week was a perfect example of how you should really read the rubric to ensure you enter the answers appropriately! I didn't and suffered badly with 2 of our...
17:33 Sun 15th May 201145 answers, last by Mysterons 11:29 Wed 25th May 2011
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EV 965: I Cut A Rose, by Nutmeg

In the style of Rene, Allo, allo tout le monde, As I managed to get started in the NE and SW quadrants, 8, 23c fell into place quickly. which meant that the letter to be deleted and combined with the...
16:32 Sun 01st May 201126 answers, last by bellabee 16:07 Fri 06th May 2011
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EV 963 Broken up by Piccadilly

Hello to all the EV N&C Wine Clubbers, I thought I would be in for a tough time this week. I don't like the jigsaw type of barred crosswords. I went through the clues and to my surprise solved...
15:34 Sun 17th Apr 20117 answers, last by Christiana 20:30 Mon 18th Apr 2011

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