18 across is not in Chambers 2011! Understandably setters may have used previous editions when compiling these crosswords but if the preamble goes to the trouble of mentioning that a place name is not...
This puzzle was just the right degree of difficulty for me - some have been far too easy of late. Last few clues took a while before all fell into place. However there were four wrong word lengths -...
This was far too easy for EV standards. Finished before breakfast! So disappointed as I love to savour this puzzle until at least lunch time. At least it might serve to encourage newcomers I suppose....
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...
I have nearly completed all the answers to the clues but I fail to see any connection between my answer to 1 down and the word locate. How to finish off the puzzle at the moment baffles me since it is...
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...
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...
Hello N&Cers, took a long time for the PDM on this one, but well worth the wait, I thought. A very nice twist to the 12 clues. Thanks for the workout, Nudd.
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...
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...
Quite a challenging puzzle this week, between extra letters, clashes and redundant definitions - and one completely normal clue. An inspired guess at the 11-letter across led me to the quote and lots...
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...
Have completed the grid and have all the unclued entries but I cannot see what to highlight nor can I see the relevance of Practically Worthless. Any help?
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...
Greetings from across the briny. This was a fine puzzle with plenty of thematic material to keep you busy. I must say I had a hard time tracking down a few of the components of the 4 down clues,...
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...