Comments on: Enigmatic Variations 995 by Owzat

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:24:13 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement – I did look at today’s but….. !!

By: twencelas

twencelas — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:44:17 +0000

Wil – I agree with your sentiments entirely, sometimes the war of attrition to get to the theme is a little tiresome. The great selling point, to me, of this type of crossword is the ingenuity of the setter to hide things in the completed grid. I ask myself many times, why do many setters insist we trawl through obscure words in Chambers to get there.
Sue – I would persevere with these, you can never tell the difficulty before you start, but if you get about a dozen clues solved, chances are you’re going to get there in the end.

By: Wil Ransome

Wil Ransome — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:58:50 +0000

Very nice puzzle I thought. Instead of rather unexciting clues and a long and tiresome fiddle to get the theme, as is the case with certain barred cryptics, we had extremely good clues and a straighforward accessible theme.

My only criticism was that he was called Ozwat in the paper.

By: crypticsue

crypticsue — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:46:27 +0000

Yes it was easy for an EV – I should know – despite over 40 years of crossword solving, I am relatively new to the world of EV and this is only the second one I ever finished! I did enjoy it though, thank you Owzat and to twencelas tool.