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Welcome to Title Builder Beta.

This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

To build an easy to find question title simply select the paper and quiz, enter the quiz number if relevant and fill in the Publication Date. Once you’re happy click “Build Title” and the information should populate the Title field. Fill in the final required details of your question as you normally would, and click submit.

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Listener 4729: If I Must Come By Deuce

emcee | 18:28 Sat 17th Sep 2022 | Crosswords

8 Answers

Another superlative puzzle. We are being treated at the moment.

Some of the 13 word removal clues were very tough, however, all were perfectly fair.

I wouldn't have stood much of a chance of finishing this without the Internet.

Many thanks, Deuce. Very enjoyable.

Cryptic

Succeed In Stopping Punt

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upsetter

Stupendous composition.

Thanks Deuce

midgler

Agreed: a very elegant puzzle. If my daughter and I weren't both struggling with Covid we might have got there rather quicker but, with the benefit of Lemsip and some knowledge of the theme, we struggled over the line this morning.

sunny-dave

Yes - this was another cracker - very hard gridfill and some reverse engineering needed to solve a few of the word removal clues.

A good challenge - thanks Deuce

Dim16

Loved solving the clues, and eventually identifying the theme, so that I was able to fill the grid.

Must have gone wrong with the misprints though, not getting any clear instruction for the final step.

So it's another near-miss to add to my collection.

Look forward to seeing the solution in due course.

olichant

Really excellent puzzle. I agree that we are being spoiled.

Scorpius

Dim16, Having got so far, you should review the misprints. the instruction for the final step is very specific.

I agree it was a very tough challenge, but it had enough rewards to make the effort worthwhile. Excellent grid for the theme, with some elegant features.

Cruncher

Appear to be in a minority here. Thought this was a tough challenge and enjoyed teasing it out but thought the final grid was a bit of a jamboree. Maybe I have missed some layers of thematic significance

HawkCrossword

I too wasn't overenamoured with this one. I tackled it on a week's walking holiday sans Chambers and internet, and although I found most of the hidden words and had an inkling, it took an online search to reveal the theme. I just found it a bit two-dimensional as a puzzle. I admire the setter's art in including the thematic words, and the clues read well, but I didn't feel it expanded on the theme as much as it could have.

Thanks, Deuce.

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