EV1727
Complete by Stick Insect
Solution
Category: Stick Insect (EV)
EV 1727 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1727 (Hints)
Complete by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Gabriel
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Having consulted our friend Gemini I was offered several candidate sets to consider: days of the week / months of the year, the seven dwarfs or seven deadly sins, noble gases or chemical elements, musical notes (do, re, mi…), planets in the solar system, greek alphabet letters.… Continue reading
EV1707 (Setter’s Blog)
EV 1707 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1707 (Hints)
Crassword by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Gabriel / Jpeg
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Stick Insect has been known to set the occasional numerical puzzle as well as regular cryptics.… Continue reading
EV1667 (Setter’s Blog)
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