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Listener 4518 - Game Box By Poat

kdgs2 | 23:01 Fri 31st Aug 2018 | Crosswords

7 Answers

I was absolutely loving this crossword, but then got to the point where I'd completed the grid, used exactly the letters given and identified exactly ten targets of the specific kind - but only used 56 cells. Cue mild panic for a few minutes until I saw what I'd neglected to highlight. I really like the entry method, which seemed daunting at first, but slowly let me burrow further and further into the grid. I think I'm ready to forgive Poat for that damned H**E!

Messenger 809 Cryptic

Guardian Prize 27603

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emcee

I absolutely echo the above. Loved the novel puzzle of entering the answers.

This has to be amongst the best puzzles of the year.

Many thanks, Poat. A great achievement.

12barblues

Yes, another thumb’s up and nowhere near as daunting as it first seemed. Great puzzle

Hagen

I agree that the entry method wasn't as tricky as it first appeared. It took me a while to get going, with a fair bit of cold solving to begin with, but the grid fill gathered momentum quite nicely once I'd got some answers in. My initial fears that there wasn't enough checking turned out to be groundless.

I complicated the endgame for myself by not fully appreciating the implication of one of the instructions, but it all came together neatly after I realised my error.

I'm sure that one of the answers was a deliberate choice by Poat!

Very good.

tnap

Very entertaining. It took me back to my youth and playing the board game Black Box. I presume that was Poat's source of inspiration.

s_pugh

My first thought on seeing the setter was to not even bother with this one, as I am still seething over the long eared abomination.

Although this was undeniably tough, once I'd started entering things everything became logical and the ending was totally unambiguous. Spotting the bon mot early on helped enormously. Thanks Poat, almost (but probably never fully) forgiven.