Never knowingly undersolved
Another poignant moment, as the preamble informs us that this is the very last EV from Rustic (James Leonard) – instigator of the EV series and its editor for 20-odd years – who died … Read more >>
‘PACEMAKER’ has two very different connotations. There’s the one trailblazing for the fit, and there’s the one that gives help to the less healthy. Will either of those meanings describe this puzzle?
[I am posting this blog on behalf of Oyler, the setter of t20.] Wedlock + Witrush = Duckworth-Lewis When Chris was appointed editor of EV, I, along with many others, emailed him offering … Read more >>
Not only a new compiler this week but also a new type of puzzle. Those who regularly complete the Listener will be familiar with the format and the neat logic required to compile … Read more >>
A pretty straightforward puzzle from Oxymoron this week? Well, I wasn’t banking on it! Clashes in the grid (my nemesis) were to be resolved not by addition, but by subtraction, eg a clash … Read more >>
The preamble says ‘In the definition of every clue a letter has been MORPHED and must be changed back before solving. In clue order, alternating between correct and morphed letters in each set of … Read more >>
HURRY UP, says (new?) solver Moordon. Hang about, I haven’t even started! Will this rush prove rash?
Only 20 non-standard clues this week – 6 without definitions and 14 with an additional letter in the wordplay which give a specific way of travelling around the world. However, the grid, also, has … Read more >>
A relatively rare beast this week… a new EV setter, in the guise of Gaston. Obviously I had no idea whether to expect a toughie or an easy puzzle. I’m going to assume … Read more >>
A sad moment – this is (presumably) the last EV from Syd Lexis (Alan Donovan), whose recent passing was announced the week before in Nimrod’s Inquisitor 1322 editorial, and to whom tributes have been … Read more >>
I think it’s safe to say that none of us will be around in December 2184 to verify any sequences that may or may not be continued. So we’d better hope that we can work out what Samuel has in mind some other way.
Three answers with indistinct definitions- two of which need to be replaced with associated two word phrases to resolve the grid clashes. Several clues with misprints too – so which forces are being … Read more >>
The construction of this crossword was reminiscent of a puzzle a few months ago. Across entries in the two top and bottom rows, and down entries in the four left and right columns … Read more >>
In ‘DREAMS’ solvers need to turn one man’s dreams ‘into reality’ by single word removals from various clues, and by erasing 51 cells from the completed grid – so pencils and/or correcting fluid at the … Read more >>
Nutmeg’s not giving too much away here. The title, STRATEGY, is in some way inappropriate or at least has to be made ‘more appropriate’. Someone or something ‘has a problem’, and the grid has to be ‘altered’ is some unspecified way. Let’s hope we can get more from the clues.