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Listener 4812 Six Seconds By Kruger
A carte blanche requiring a high percentage of cold solving, as there were many unclued entries. Clues were very good, as always from this setter, and the puzzle came together with the theme, but I was left wanting a bit more for the investment I made in solving it, to be honest. Maybe we just get too many carte blanches in this series, or maybe I've just got a bit tired of them. If this were my first, I'm sure I'd have really enjoyed it.
But thanks, Kruger. It was a fine puzzle. It's probably just me.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes, I have to agree. It´s a good and original idea, with a lot of thematic material fitted into the grid, some clever clues with excellent surfaces and a great final twist that resolves one´s initial misgivings. And yet an awful lot of real estate is devoted to generating a message which can simply be looked up without any reference to the grid, leaving one slightly unsatisfied. But a very enjoyable solve, nonetheless. Thank you, Kruger!
I thought, as with the rest of you, that, once the grid was virtually complete, the endgame was relatively trivial. It was a good job the Scrabble total was given, however!
The clues were excellent and had the perfect mix of difficulty levels. The jigsaw element was quite tough and required a serious PDM at one stage.
Many thanks, Kruger. A fine effort.
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