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Listener 4152: Inn Joke by Mr Lemon
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I don't get it! (the joke that is)
I am glad it was easy this week compared to last week, but I am not impressed.
The title, the rejoinder, the connection between the quotation? I suppose none of it matters to complete it. A shame there's no PDM (for me anyway)
I am glad it was easy this week compared to last week, but I am not impressed.
The title, the rejoinder, the connection between the quotation? I suppose none of it matters to complete it. A shame there's no PDM (for me anyway)
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Trivial....Anyone else remember Listener 3564 by Mr Lemon? That one was particularly strange... http://www.listenercr...les/L3/L35/L3564.html
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Yes, very straightforward and all done between arriving home from work and uncorking the vino - a rare occurrence indeed. I don't recall this particular quotation but remember quite a few gems from the author in question from my schooldays.
I do remember filling in the grid for 'Rentokil' in record time then spending days folding up various bits of paper, much to the amusement of my children, until the bird finally revealed itself under the wing.
I do remember filling in the grid for 'Rentokil' in record time then spending days folding up various bits of paper, much to the amusement of my children, until the bird finally revealed itself under the wing.
contendo & silversolver,
I was, of course, referring to the solving of the clues in "Rentokil" (all of the DLM type). The origami attempted to make up for an otherwise weak puzzle. As to "Inn Joke" the lack of difficult clues, an insufficient number of clues and no real PDM made this distinctly lacklustre.
Roll on next week.
I was, of course, referring to the solving of the clues in "Rentokil" (all of the DLM type). The origami attempted to make up for an otherwise weak puzzle. As to "Inn Joke" the lack of difficult clues, an insufficient number of clues and no real PDM made this distinctly lacklustre.
Roll on next week.
Yes very gentle clueing this week. Was not familiar with the first quotation, but picking up on Trux's hint regarding BRB this saved a bit of head scratching.
Cruncher - hope that the GCSE's lived up to your expectations. I would have responded to your post on last week's thread but unfortuantely I discovered that red wine and a laptop do not mix well, and have been off-line for most of the week.
Cruncher - hope that the GCSE's lived up to your expectations. I would have responded to your post on last week's thread but unfortuantely I discovered that red wine and a laptop do not mix well, and have been off-line for most of the week.
I've just been looking at a 1970 book of Listener crosswords. 50 puzzles, nothing to be highlighted in any of them and only one requiring anything to be written under the grid (or diagram as it was known in those days). You solved the clues, completed the grid, and that was it. Yet many of those puzzles were fiendishly difficult. The passion for end-games and PDMs and what-have-you seems to have escalated in the last year or so. These thoughts came to mind when considering Mr Lemon's Inn Joke and I had a feeling of nostalgia for the old days. Yes it was a fairly easy puzzle but for me a breath of fresh air. I certainly didn't feel cheated at not having to complete a Mensa-type intelligence test to complete it.
