Category: Ifor (EV)
EV 1721 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1721 (Hints)
At the Bottom of the Grid by Ifor
Hints and tips by Gabriel
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I submitted the preamble to OpenAI which to be fair found it completely incomprehensible and proposed several rewrites and offered to: “suggest alternative single-line preambles with different tones (concise, cryptic-setter-house style, or very-solver-friendly)” – is this an improvement: “In greyed columns missing bars, solvers must follow the name spelled by extra letters from down clues to form expected bottom entries, then rearrange and divide each to reveal what was actually seen, all resulting entries being real words or names”? … Continue reading
EV1706 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1706
Enigmatic Variations 1706 (Hints)
Impact by Ifor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Keen to get ahead of the game, I asked Claude, “In a themed crossword puzzle, we are told that in the filled grid we must simulate the effect of an action by moving a thematic block of cells within the two central columns, thus displacing another block. What might the theme of the puzzle be?”
EV 1692 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1692 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1692 (Hints)
Anonymous by Ifor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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This week I thought I’d do a search on Dave Hennings’ excellent database of themed crosswords (xwdb.info) to locate earlier puzzles that had a connection with the word ‘anonymous’.
EV 1680 (Solution)
EV 1680 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1680 (Hints)
Double Acts by Ifor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Hoping to make a flying start, I asked ChatGPT, “A puzzle involves two ‘double acts’ with a connection of some kind. What might these two double acts be?”
EV 1668 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1668 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1668 (Hints)
The Answer by Ifor
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Ifor needs no introduction for EV solvers. Dave Hennings’ crossword database tells us that he has been setting them since 2010 and this will be his 47th in the series.… Continue reading