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Ripper

Inquisitor 1192

Well, I've filled in the grid, got all the 'shaded in' letters But, I'm now stuck! Any hints appreciated! Thanks in advance...
19:32 Sun 28th Aug 201118 answers, last by haggis58 10:46 Tue 30th Aug 2011
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Voulez-vous

Inquisitor 1191

25a) How to work alone in the outback (4) ?HAT For anyone not doing this crossword, the wordplay in the clue gives the answer with either an extra or a missing letter. Thanks if you can help....
06:40 Wed 24th Aug 20112 answers, last by Voulez-vous 10:02 Wed 24th Aug 2011
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haggis58

Independent Inquisitor 1191 Saturday August 20th 2011 - A Dream Holiday

Have solved all clues and completed the grid but cannot see the 23 squares to highlight. Also, the contiguous blocks of letters yielded from all clues is baffling me, so I cannot identify the...
09:04 Tue 23rd Aug 20117 answers, last by Indy-trier 11:52 Thu 25th Aug 2011
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dr b

EV 980 Balancing Acts by Nudd

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,...
18:05 Sun 14th Aug 201121 answers, last by Christiana 09:13 Thu 18th Aug 2011
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Indy-trier

Inquisitor 1188

I've got lots of the "straightforward" answers and some of the misprints but am struggling with some of the odd entry lengths as this wasn't mentioned in the preamble. Any tips would be...
08:52 Mon 01st Aug 201112 answers, last by Indy-trier 07:49 Sat 06th Aug 2011
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DocHH

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...
17:35 Sun 31st Jul 201122 answers, last by devadolly 10:02 Thu 04th Aug 2011
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Mampara

Ev 974

13a Foreign leaders'a amatuerism foolishly dropping fluctuating rates (5) 18a Once he was low but free (or clear) (5) 24a Weed parts of drainpipes (5)...
14:17 Sun 03rd Jul 201119 answers, last by novalis 13:03 Thu 07th Jul 2011
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stymied

Inquisitor 1182

I finished the grid on Sunday; have the 'poser' (6 words), 'invention' and Guru's identity, but still have no idea of what the (4,3,5) answer is? Can anyone please give me a (not too blatant) nudge in...
15:59 Tue 21st Jun 201118 answers, last by mad max 12:59 Sat 25th Jun 2011
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dr b

EV 972 Extraction by Oxymoron

Oh no, it's Mr. O! Greetings you Brits, Swiss (honorary) and any Croatians who may be lurking. A difficult EV, I thought, that would not be out of place as a Listener. Many obscure words for answers;...
16:16 Sun 19th Jun 201125 answers, last by Christiana 21:25 Sat 25th Jun 2011
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haggis58

Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 969 Sunday May 29th 2011

Hello all EV'rs. A very clever offering this week that all fell into place particularly rapid for a change!
17:06 Sun 29th May 201122 answers, last by novalis 16:16 Wed 01st Jun 2011
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DocHH

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...
18:33 Sun 15th May 201145 answers, last by Mysterons 12:29 Wed 25th May 2011
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DocHH

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...
17:32 Sun 01st May 201126 answers, last by bellabee 17:07 Fri 06th May 2011
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bellabee

EV 964 COMPLEMENT BY SHARK

i've struggled with this [pretty tough clues generally i found] - now i'm looking for the 8 letters and all i can see is an interesting 7 letter word. if i add the letter at the front it loosely gives...
13:14 Sun 24th Apr 201130 answers, last by haggis58 19:10 Sun 01st May 2011
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DocHH

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...
16:34 Sun 17th Apr 20117 answers, last by Christiana 21:30 Mon 18th Apr 2011
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dr b

EV 962 Depicting South by Kruger

Proving that they don't need to be too tough to be entertaining. Just enough of a workout to figure out where the spaces went, then a straightforward but pleasing end game. I got 22a early, but I have...
15:46 Sun 10th Apr 201137 answers, last by Christiana 19:26 Fri 15th Apr 2011
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dr b

EV 961, Whither Goest Thou? by Charybdis

Back on the toughie track this week, for me anyway. I spent quite a bit of time convincing myself on several of the wordplays - I knew what the extra letter had to be but couldn't see where it was...
17:37 Sun 03rd Apr 201137 answers, last by AndrewG-S 11:31 Thu 14th Apr 2011
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dr b

EV 959 Hobson's Choice by Jaques

Our run of tough-but-fun EVs continues this week. Lots of well-concealed misprints. I was a bit leery of "not quite as rendered" but it all works out OK. I have to admit that I was so intent...
15:41 Sun 20th Mar 201135 answers, last by novalis 18:38 Sun 27th Mar 2011
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DocHH

EV 958

Hello EV N&C Wine Clubbers, This took me longer than normal. How the 7 cells from 14 clashing answers were to be treated hit me with a glimmer rather than a blinding flash. How elegant that the...
18:43 Sun 13th Mar 201137 answers, last by DocHH 21:28 Fri 18th Mar 2011
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dr b

EV 957 Products by Samuel

What a fun puzzle. The final step of turning the interim product into the final product made me laugh. Lots of thematic material and some well concealed misprints - bravo and huzzah!
16:40 Sun 06th Mar 201146 answers, last by logophile 12:57 Wed 16th Mar 2011
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dr b

EV 956 Ego Problem by Ifor

Very nice puzzle this week - some hard clues and a lot of thematic material crammed into this one. Lots of cold solving for starters, given that more than half the answers are altered in some way....
16:39 Sun 27th Feb 201133 answers, last by Christiana 11:06 Thu 03rd Mar 2011

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