Category: Piccadilly (EV)
EV 1552
EV 1552 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1552 (Hints)
Instruction by Piccadilly
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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For the Numpties’ return to hint-writing (we’ll be alternating with Phibs from now on) it is a pleasure to begin with a crossword by Piccadilly who, as we said when writing hints for his last EV where he gave the postal address for Telegraph crosswords, has been setting crosswords for 33 years and EVs since 1995 – this one is his 51st Enigmatic Variations crossword.… Continue reading
EV 1540
Enigmatic Variations 1540
Going Postal by Piccadilly
Setter’s Blog
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EV 1540 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1540 (Hints)
Going Postal by Piccadilly
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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When we check on Dave Hennings’ crossword database, we find that Piccadilly has been setting crosswords for 33 years, most of them for the Telegraph’s EV series (but also for the Listener, Magpie and Weekend series).… Continue reading
EV 1521
EV 1521 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1521 (Hints)
Tops and Tails by Piccadilly
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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The last two EVs by Piccadilly were the one with a Playfair square and his ‘Two Straight Lines’ which were horizontal and vertical. Clearly his themes range considerably and we can expect something unusual.… Continue reading
EV 1505
EV 1505 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1505 (Hints)
Two Straight Lines by Piccadilly
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Piccadilly’s last EV crossword was ‘Boricahf’, where we had to solve a Playfair square to find three types of spaniel, so you know that you can expect something unusual.
Preamble: Each set of clues is presented in alphabetic order of its answers, to be entered where they will fit in one of the four identical quadrants.… Continue reading