Category: Stick Insect (EV)
EV 1637 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1637 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1637 (Hints)
Question by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Phibs
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It seemed unfair to get Gemini to guess at the theme given the paucity of help on offer, so I asked him “If you were to set a themed crossword puzzle, what subject would you choose?”.
EV 1594 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1594 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1594 (Hints)
Vicinities by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Stick insect is well into double figures for the EVs he has produced and solvers will be familiar with his Listener and Magpie puzzles too, and confident that there will be an entertaining endgame.… Continue reading
EV 1542 by Stick Insect
EV 1542: Battle by Stick Insect – a Setter’s Blog
Extra letters give FIGHTING WITH HIM WAS LIKE TRYING TO SOLVE A CROSSWORD, from Red by TAYLOR SWIFT; the line ends ‘…and realising there is no right answer’, hence SWIFT is removed with the cells shaded red.… Continue reading
EV 1542 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1542 (Hints)
Battle by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Stick Insect has been setting EV crosswords for some years. He sets in the Toughie series and also appears annually in the Listener series and has recently set for the Magpie too. With such an experienced setter you can be confident that his clues will be well set and fair. Continue reading “EV 1542 (Hints)”
EV 1520
EV 1520 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1520 (Hints)
Consequences by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Stick insect is well into double figures for the EVs he has produced and solvers will be familiar with his Listener and Magpie puzzles too, and confident that there will be an entertaining endgame.… Continue reading