Comments on: Enigmatic Variations No. 1020: Loss by Samuel

By: mc_rapper67

mc_rapper67 — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:58:04 +0000

Sorry for the late response, but thanks to bb at #1 for the explanation of 26a – that has ‘scuppered’ my chances of winning a prize this week then!

To Ginestra at #2 – I don’t recognise the name, so assume you are relatively new to 15×15 and the EV? Hope the blog was of use, apart from 26A (;+>)

Just keep going at them…and don’t let a complicated preamble put you off, just start with some cold solving, fit as many as you can in (with a pencil!) and then go back to the preamble later – quite often something will click into place.

By: Ginestra

Ginestra — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:50:24 +0000

I was so close to doing this. Only three clues away and wasn’t quite there with the clashes – quite pleased with myself! This is the hardest EV I’ve tried. I can sometimes do the “easier” ones and some I give up on just by reading the preamble!

By: bb

bb — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:49:18 +0000

26a is ADDY, boxed (contained in) hADDYnamite; the name ADDY means “Noble kind; of the noble sort”