Category: EV Crosswords
EV 1585 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1585 (Hints)
Proclamation by Chalicea
Hints and tips by Phibs
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My fellow blogger needs no introduction, but suffice to say that we can expect fair clues, plenty of thematic material, and a challenge likely to be more entertaining than arduous.
EV1583 (Solution)
EV1582 (Solution)
EV 1583 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1583 (Hints)
Remedies by The Ace of Hearts
Hints and tips by Phibs
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What an intriguing pseudonym. Apart from being a playing card, The Ace of Hearts is the title of a 1921 film in which the member of a vigilante group who is to carry out an assassination is selected by a card being dealt to each person in turn until one receives the ace of hearts. Is this relevant? I’m hoping that our setter might be able to tell us.
EV1581 (Setter’s Blog)
EV1580 (Solution)
EV 1581 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1581 (Hints)
Aircon by Ifor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Ifor is a name of Welsh origin, meaning ‘archer’, and also the label given to the Implementation Force, a NATO-led multinational peace enforcement unit deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1995 and 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour. However, I suspect that the alias assumed by today’s setter owes more to the Deefor Dog, Ellfor Leather and Peefor Pleasure school of nomenclature. Let’s hope we’re not dealing with Ifor Impenetrable…