Category: EV Crosswords
EV 1560 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1560 (Hints)
It’s Not What You say by Vagans
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Solvers will already have met Vagans whose first Inquisitor, ‘Excess Baggage’, (with Dante’s Divina Commedia as the subject) appeared last year.… Continue reading
EV1558
EV 1559 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1559 (Hints)
Save by Vismut
Hints and tips by Phibs
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In several European languages, ‘vismut’ translates to ‘bismuth’. My university thesis (in the dim and distant past) concerned the photoelectron spectroscopy of oxidation catalysis by bismuth molybdate. I can’t see that being relevant here.
EV 1557
EV 1558 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1558 (Hints)
Name That Tune by X-Type
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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This is X-Type’s sixth EV crossword. His generous cluing style and use of familiar language will give a speedy solve to old hands and be a pleasure to solve for newcomers to the advanced thematic cryptics.… Continue reading
EV 1556
EV 1557 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1557 (Hints)
Or Do They? by Poat
Hints and tips by Phibs
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I’ve never solved a Poat puzzle before, so I have no idea what to expect…
EV 1555
EV 1556 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1556 (Hints)
Limitations by Jaques
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Jaques is familiar to EV solvers and to Magpie, Inquisitor and Listener solvers too.… Continue reading