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Listener 4018 In clue order on and on by Loda
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/art s_and_entertainment/games_and_puzzles/article5 561552.ece
Phew - I thought this might have got lost in the Times upgrade
Phew - I thought this might have got lost in the Times upgrade
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A good puzzle, this one. Clever and satisfying. . .almost. I have a completed grid, including the central square, and I'm confident I've got a correct solution, but I haven't quite found the link from one instruction to another. If the down misprints are Instruction 1, following this leads to instruction 2. The result of this is Instruction 3 which is where I falter. My understanding is that this third instruction has 6 words beginning with A,D,C,A,A,E but I'm blowed if I can understand it. I worked out the top and bottom rows which enabled me to finish the puzzle but that missing link is bothering me. Enlightenment would be welcome.
Congratulations to all you solvers, I am hugely impressed by your efforts on this one, particularly to all the early solvers, Well Done!!
I on the other hand have only 3/4 of the grid completed, have deduced the instruction from the down misprints, but yet to fully work out the across misprints (think I am one word short!).
I'll keep at it, and am hoping that I am not the only one in this situation!
I on the other hand have only 3/4 of the grid completed, have deduced the instruction from the down misprints, but yet to fully work out the across misprints (think I am one word short!).
I'll keep at it, and am hoping that I am not the only one in this situation!
I have a completed grid, and I've followed the instructions revealed by the unlcued top and bottom rows....but there I've hit a brick wall. Midazolam, you refer to 'seven specified cells', but I can't see that any particular number of cells is specified. Is anyone else in this predicament, or have I gone wrong somewhere (again!)?
We (relative newcomers to Listeners) have the three instructions but can't make sense of the third one and, like you, can't see where seven cells are specified. Our grid has three intersecting gaps at 29, 31 and 40. Please, Midazolam, would you hint at where the 2008 Chambers new words appear (and tell us how you spot them - do you compare editions?)
midazolam (and others) - my 'single' line doesn't travel through any cells, the middle square is all I concentrated on. Your helpful assistance earlier gave me the last 3 words (with one letter missing) that finished the instruction/sentence that the top and bottom rows started (Instruction 5). The 4th instruction helped me complete the top and bottom rows with a letter left over. Adding this to those last 3 words told me what 'line' to make in the central square.
i) i made 7. From the top and bottom rows ??? ??????? ??????? - there can only be seven that fit this criteria. but i found it quite a leap to get to the denouement.
ii) part of the wordplay in 14 down can only be found in the 2008 edition
iii) not sure what you mean by gaps - the grid can be completed from the 3rd instruction
iv) keep going Apache4D
ii) part of the wordplay in 14 down can only be found in the 2008 edition
iii) not sure what you mean by gaps - the grid can be completed from the 3rd instruction
iv) keep going Apache4D
Midazolam, I think you may be missing something. There are more than seven cells, and when considered together the letters in the cells do relate to the line. So the letter in the centre is significant in that respect.
Spaghetti, one word in the unclued instruction in the top and bottom rows can be thought of in more than one way.
Spaghetti, one word in the unclued instruction in the top and bottom rows can be thought of in more than one way.
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