Enigmatic Variations 1539
Recovery by Eclogue
Setter’s Blog
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Category: Eclogue (EV)
EV 1522
Enigmatic Variations 1522
Consequences by Eclogue
Setter’s Blog
UPDATE: Setter’s Blog now added
EV 1522 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1522 (Hints)
Consequences by Eclogue
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Eclogue has been setting regularly for the EV series for the last eight years. Solvers will remember The Australasian One that appeared after the ladies’ month last summer.
Preamble: The answers to eight normal clues each provide the potential CONSEQUENCES for their respective entries.… Continue reading
EV 1498
Enigmatic Variations 1498
The Australasian One by Eclogue
Setter’s Blog
Thematic answers are names of UK nuclear testing operations carried out in the 1950s in Australasia; letters falling out of the answers spell MARALINGA, test site for most of the operations.
G’day! As we saw with EV 1478 “EXCUSEZ-MOI”, every dog has its day, and on Sunday 1 August 2021, it was Eclogue’s day once more.… Continue reading
EV 1498 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1498 (Hints)
The Australasian One by Eclogue
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Eclogue sets regularly for the Magpie, Crossword magazine, Inquisitor and the EV series. Their crosswords have been appearing in all those advanced thematic cryptic outlets for over ten years so you have probably already solved several of them and know you can expect fair cluing and a theme that might possibly teach you something.… Continue reading
EV 1478
EV 1478 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1478 (Hints)
Excusez-moi by Eclogue
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Crosswords by Eclogue have been appearing in the EV and IQ series, Crossword Magazine and the Magpie, and on the Crossword Centre for over ten years. We are usually treated to his creations on the Crossword Centre message board at Christmas. Continue reading “EV 1478 (Hints)”
EV 1454
EV 1454 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1454 (Hints)
Ramjets by Eclogue
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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We have been finding crosswords by the Eclogue team in a range of publications of thematic cryptics over the last ten years, the EV, Crossword, the Inquisitor series and the Magpie, and we know that the clues will challenge us but be fair and that there will be a smile when we spot the theme. Continue reading “EV 1454 (Hints)”