Enigmatic Variations 1575 (Hints)
Follow the Instructions by Kcit
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Georges Remi, the creator of Tintin, came up with his pseudonym by taking his first and last initials, reversing them, and turning the French pronunciation of the individual letters into the name Hergé. Today’s setter did something along the same lines – his first and last initials are PH, a reversal of which gives HP, an abbreviation for ‘hire-purchase’. This loosely equates to ‘credit’ or ‘tick’, and a complementary reversal of the latter gives ‘kcit’. Simples!