Gabriel – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

EV 1749 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1749 (Hints)
Connection by Ranunculus
Hints and tips by Gabriel

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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

EV 1747 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1747 (Hints)
Group of Four by Ifor
Hints and tips by Gabriel / Jpeg

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

EV 1741 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1741 (Hints)
Ex Troubles by Deuce
Hints and tips by Gabriel

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Well, Gemini you really have to start paying attention to your prompts: this time it confidently corrected me: “This is EV 1664 by Cid, which you may have seen mislabeled or re-indexed as 1741 in certain digital archives or collections.Continue reading

EV 1735 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1735 (Hints)
Unstated by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gabriel / Jpeg

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It looks like Kcit (one of our favourite appropriately inverted antipodean setters) is trying to present us with a fun way to state what was left unsaid in a certain poem.Continue reading