Listener Crossword 4294: Trio By Bark By Hedge-Sparrow

[starwalker]

Wonderful puzzle and beautifully implemented on a personally favourite theme. Thank you so much Hedge-sparrow

[Ruthrobin]

Sorry starwalker - we must have been writing at the same moment.

[olichant]

Lovely.

[AHearer]

What a delight! Missed joining the Friday Night club because I'd got it into my head to enter the missing member in generic rather than specific form. I saw the error of my ways when I was half-way up the stairs to bed. Thanks to Hedge-sparrow for an intricate and pleasing puzzle.

[jim360]

One of my favourite themes as well, and a very fine interpretation. Better than I could have come up with, I'm sure...

[lyrabelacqua]

Simply epic. The best constructed Listener for a very long time. I loved it.

[flocker]

Yes, very fine. I had the same flying start as Ruthrobin and thought it was going to be a stroll in the park. But it wasn't; not by any means. Most enjoyable!

[sunny-dave]

Absolutely brilliant - a much loved theme that I spotted very early on, but the wealth of material included was superb.

Even when I knew where I was going, it took a lot of careful parsing of the clues to get to the end.

My favourite so far this year I think.

[Arcticpenguin]

Fully agree with everyone else. Haven't had so much fun on a Listener crossword since Shackleton's Jackson Pollock puzzle.

[doctormatt]

Wow! Fantastic, clever, and just the right difficulty for me.

[BobHWW]

Late start on this but it certainly lives up to all the praise above. Great fun and a brilliant construction. Well done Hedge-Sparrow. It's only May but must be a contender for the prize next March.
Now it's time to hone numerical skills ready for next week.

[midazolam]

Credit where credit's due...excellent puzzle. Thanks Hedge-Sparrow

[emcee]

Superb puzzle full of thematic material. I savoured it.

Many thanks, Hedge-Sparrow.

[s_pugh]

A work of art - thanks Hedge-Sparrow. Shame to hear it's the dreaded numerical next week, and there I was thinking I'd completed a full set so far this year .... ;¬(

[IainGrace]

Yes, theme easily spotted and still working on it. Good to know that there are more satisfying steps ahead

[sunny-dave]

It's like a Swiss Watch, IainGrace ... all the parts just drop into place perfectly - nothing is wasted either.

[jabone]

What a clever construction! I am in awe. Like others I guessed the theme at the beginning, but what satisfaction (and many hours) in working it out.

[fallster]

Great puzzle, not quite finished (figuring out how to make the tour route still).

New theme to me. Always fun to learn about something new in these Listeners!

[jim360]

The source material is well worth a complete look, fallster.

[olichant]

I agree, Jim - I had not done so before and it was a bonus of this already delightful puzzle that it prompted me to do so.

I didn't get the theme straight away - I was convinced it was something else, which led me badly astray for quite a while.

[contendo]

Beautiful construction. At first the problems seemed intractable but the solutions gradually emerged in a satisfying way. My only problem now is deciding precisely which 23 cells to highlight. "Places visited" yes, but I'm not sure about the "thematic representations".