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Ev 1062 - Two Groups By Samuel

Great fun and having different formats for clues kept me on my toes. Not a theme I knew well but with the internet it's not too much of a problem. What would we do without it? Thanks Samuel. What has...
11:24 Sun 17th Mar 201310 answers, last by jim360 16:34 Wed 20th Mar 2013
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josadler7

Residents Fee

Hi I live on a small, mostly private housing estate where we have a management company setup to administer the common areas – children’s play area, fences and a few areas of grass here and there....
11:11 Wed 13th Mar 201314 answers, last by society 20:47 Wed 13th Mar 2013
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Shoni70

Ev 1061 "not Quite All There" By Warbler

I quite agree with the setter. Although I have (hopefully) solved all the clues correctly and entered them , I am not also quite there . At the moment I have no idea where to go next so I shall give...
13:29 Sun 10th Mar 201332 answers, last by Christiana 16:41 Tue 12th Mar 2013
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Twit-Who

Ev 1060 - Change Of Title By Oxymoron

I enjoyed this puzzle and it kept me gripped right to the end but I do have some moans on editing: Bar missing from penultimate row 5d should be marked as 2 words 39a should be marked as hyphenated...
12:38 Sun 03rd Mar 201320 answers, last by dr b 20:32 Sat 09th Mar 2013
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catsrcool

Daily Telegraph Toughie Thursday March 7Th 2013

9ac What have you English put on male wearing rejected Scottish clothing? (3,4) T?? ?I?E the O is third letter if 2dn Stop right after wide road (5) = ABORT but I can't parse it. Please parse this...
10:53 Thu 07th Mar 20133 answers, last by catsrcool 11:02 Thu 07th Mar 2013
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catsrcool

Daily Telegraph Toughie Wednesday March 6Th 2013

1d Ahab's wife confronted with vigorous resistance (6) ?H???R 2dn Sensitive about lower classes -- all over South they get benefits (8) ?W???E?? 17ac Report the first person to check vagrant (7)...
11:16 Wed 06th Mar 20133 answers, last by DocHH 13:29 Wed 06th Mar 2013
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DocHH

Ev 1059 Down Under By Chalicea

Hello EVers, I started off quite well, solving clues more or less in clue order. Came to a crunching halt in the SE sector, but sorted after a while! Then spotted a "string" of letters that helped....
18:27 Sun 24th Feb 201350 answers, last by ringer 17:42 Fri 01st Mar 2013
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dr b

Ev 1058 Principle By Jaguar

A nice puzzle up until the very last step which I felt was borderline unfair. The gridfill was straightforward as was identifying the group. But, the Chambers entry for the group identifies two...
15:25 Sun 17th Feb 201321 answers, last by jim360 23:19 Thu 07th Mar 2013
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Twit-Who

Ev 1057 Market Loan Bu Moordon -Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 1057 Sunday February 10Th 2013

Very early finish today for me today mainly because I guessed the theme early on to 16a. I'm not sure how difficult this would have been otherwise. Clues were not challenging although it's a nice...
11:28 Sun 10th Feb 201313 answers, last by devadolly 10:11 Wed 13th Feb 2013
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catsrcool

Daily Telegraph Toughie Tuesday February 5Th 2013

29ac College in the style of US institute will have final year fiasco (8) ?????I?Y 31ac To come to a stop by A-road is normal practice (8) ?????A?D 19dn Keep up feigned animation after love has flown...
12:32 Tue 05th Feb 20136 answers, last by catsrcool 12:38 Tue 05th Feb 2013
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dr b

Ev 1056 Winter Festival By Kcit

So tired of seeing this theme again and again and again............ 1a revealed quickly, so I figured this would be a piece of cake, and the top was indeed quick; got bogged down in the bottom half...
15:29 Sun 03rd Feb 201315 answers, last by slaney 09:37 Wed 06th Feb 2013
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excelsior-1

A Meeting ..

..is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted...
17:26 Sun 03rd Feb 20134 answers, last by weecalf 17:45 Sun 03rd Feb 2013
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magwitch

Ev 1055 - Hot Water By Jaques

How can they possibly describe the quotation as "2,3,4,5,6&7"? I make it 2,1,5,6,4,1,2,9,5!...
14:18 Sun 27th Jan 201315 answers, last by DocHH 17:10 Tue 29th Jan 2013
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Ev 1054 - Connections By Salamanca

Nothing too challenging in today's EV. Rather disappointing for me. A gripe gathering momentum for me is that I am all too often having to refer to my earlier Chambers to confirm meanings of proper...
10:29 Sun 20th Jan 201316 answers, last by Christiana 09:59 Mon 21st Jan 2013
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kayakamina

Ev 1053 - Making A Point

If I ever knew the thematic word needed for this EV I'd long since forgotten it! I therefore found the puzzle very trying and unsatisfactory. I hope fellow EVers didn't feel the same....
09:18 Mon 14th Jan 201315 answers, last by devadolly 16:13 Sat 19th Jan 2013
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Ev 1052 - Mixed Doubles Ii By Kruger

This puzzle really got those little grey cells a work out. Loved it. Thanks Kruger.
15:35 Sun 06th Jan 20139 answers, last by devadolly 14:59 Thu 10th Jan 2013
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Ev 1051 - Map By Raich

A good solid EV although I more or less had to get the four answers before I worked out how their clues worked as the 17 letters only helped after the event. Very enjoyable, although it would have...
11:41 Sun 30th Dec 201210 answers, last by devadolly 14:45 Thu 03rd Jan 2013
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Ev 1050 - Double Entry By Nudd

Happy Christmas EVers. Unusually no postings for this puzzle so far. Perhaps we do have lives beyond the EV after all and we are all busy doing Christmassy things. However I did have some time this...
13:10 Mon 24th Dec 20125 answers, last by kayakamina 18:57 Fri 28th Dec 2012
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EV 1043 - Dark by Chalicea

A pleasant romp........nothing too taxing and sadly nothing too challenging either.
12:30 Sun 04th Nov 201217 answers, last by ringer 08:59 Sat 10th Nov 2012
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EV 1042 - Tempting Fate by Samuel

Hello EVers, I had no knowledge of this theme and also didn't have the biographical dictionary recommended but it wasn't difficult to find on the web. This poses a problem for setters nowadays - do...
12:39 Sun 28th Oct 201210 answers, last by Christiana 11:16 Wed 31st Oct 2012

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