Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Enigmatic Variations 1763 (Hints)
MAGIC SQUARE by KCIT
Hints and tips by Gabriel / Jpeg
Kcit tends to set hard and clever puzzles and this is no exception – I suppose most people by now know that he’s antipodean and thus his pseudonym is meant to be read backwards.… Continue reading
Enigmatic Variations 1761 (Hints)
HEROES by VAGANS
Hints and tips by Gabriel
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A very 2026 question to ask is when will my profession/skill be superseded by an AI?… Continue reading
Enigmatic Variations 1759 (Hints)
CHORUS LINE by GASTON
Hints and tips by Gabriel / Jpeg
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The theme of Gaston’s puzzle makes us think of Broadway, but that is not one of our strong suits.… Continue reading
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Quite a long and involved preamble and a solution requiring multiple steps. You’ll probably need to set aside a chunk of time to crack this – not to mention the entire perimeter is just four clued (12) lights.… Continue reading
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This puzzle is from setter(s?) we have never encountered before and the advertising ploy being referenced leaves us with some questions.… Continue reading
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Gemini wasn’t very helpful – basically, rewrote the preamble as a structured list (it loves organising information but isn’t it supposed to make it useful as well?). … Continue reading
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Karla has set a handful of EV puzzles before and this one promises to be challenging.… Continue reading
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Gemini was quite excited by the opportunity to search for an innovator and a connection and proposed several candidate innovations and inventors – the most promising were: “The Electric Battery”, Volta (5), symbols=”+,-”, and “The Electric Telegraph”, Morse (5), symbols = • (Dot) and – (Dash).… Continue reading
I-four has set us a four-midable challenge today. Although one can imagine many appropriate musical groups of four, our favourite AI model has suggested a particularly noteworthy four-piece band as a common thread for various song titles that could affect modes of entry.… Continue reading
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The theme of OMISSION had me thinking that we’re going to have a lot of entries that aren’t real words – but the preamble is silent on that subject. … Continue reading