Enigmatic Variations 1702 (Hints)
Low Rider by Kolya
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Not that I pay any attention to TV ads, of course, but the name of our debutant setter immediately put me in mind of ‘the window to watch’ (that will make no sense whatsoever to younger readers), and the title of the puzzle has got me singing (sotto voce, thankfully for all concerned) the War song of that name (“All – my – friends – know the low rider” etc), used for several years as part of Marmite’s ‘Love it or Hate it’ campaign. Great to have a puzzle from a setter new to the EV series, this time perhaps with Russian connections or a fondness for The Brothers Karamazov. Demonstrating that setters are not unlike buses in their habits, another newcomer will be along in just two weeks’ time.
I asked Claude, “We are told that a themed crossword puzzle includes four notable examples of a ‘low rider’ and that one example must be illustrated ‘at a stretch’ in the completed grid? What might we be looking for?”