Category: Luxor (EV)
EV 1675 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1675 (Hints)
Self-Similarity by Luxor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Hexagonal grids are far from unknown in the world of the themed puzzle, and they are more common now that there is software out there to create and fill them, but I can’t find any record of a hexagonal EV having appeared previously, at least not in recent years.
EV1665 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1665 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1665 (Hints)
Untitled by Luxor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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The credit for inventing the Alphabetical Jigsaw belongs to Araucaria, although his AJs were blocked puzzles with 26 unnumbered lights.
EV 1651 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1651 (Hints)
Upwardly Mobile by Luxor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Following ChatGPT’s signal success in identifying Hercule Poirot as a suspect for 1649, this week my question was, “A themed crossword puzzle entitled ‘Upwardly Mobile’ asks us to identify the name of some ‘extraordinary phenomena’. What might these be?”