Though less than satisfactory, what EV's range is? (2,3,2,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
as far as it goes
'though less' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'satisfactory what ev's range is?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'satisfactory' could be 's' (abbreviation in education) and 's' is found in the answer.
'is?' could be 'goes' (going is a kind of being) and 'goes' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'than' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for as far as it goes that I've seen before include "up to a point" , "to some degree" , "Possible range" , "Within certain limitations (2,3,2,2,4)" , "Bearing in mind certain limitations" .)