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Listener Crossword 4263 Coordinates By Sabre
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Have mixed feelings about this as some elements are truly very fine indeed but there seem to be a few inconsistencies in the details. For a long while, I imagined something more magnificent (maybe impossible to create) than the final result. Can't go into details ... and it was (as one would expect) a mighty good puzzle, so I don't won't discourage anybody....and I do want to thank Sabre for another enjoyable and classy production.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes, I know exactly what you are referring to but agree that going into details would be a real spoiler. Classy, indeed but I have found that with so much cold-solving, this has been really tough and I still have a cell to fill. Going to sleep on it. Thank you Sabre- at least we haven't had to perform Knights' moves!
I'm sure there was a more elegant way of solving this than basically cycling through all possibilities of clashes. There were rather a lot really. On the other hand, some of the definitions were fiendish as anything I've seen, e.g. 4th, 17th, 29th clues in particular. A shame that Sabre was unable to fix the minor problem that I'm sure trux and RR are referring to.
Really tough, and some very neat clues. Oddly, 4 (well, a less elegant version of it) had occurred to me before. As with Sabre's last puzzle, there was a range of clue difficulty, and some clues were very difficult indeed, to my mind. I think I understand what trux and Ruthrobin are referring to, and I agree. But many thanks to Sabre, regardless. It made my head hurt...
Yes, that was pretty tough. For some reason I always spend much more time than I should on puzzles such as this with a mixture of very easy and really hard clues -- I obviously lack synchromesh on my mental gears. Given the indexing system it was probably inevitable that there was not going to be that final "Aha" and self-congratulatory smile -- but I still missed it. A good puzzle, nevertheless: thank you, Sabre.
Concur with all said here - some very tough clueing which produced a few expletives along the way! All wordplays finally fell into place bar those for 2 of the shortest words which I found unconvincing to say the least. I'd also take issue with one other clue which is misleading if interpreted in the true sense. Minor gripes aside a very challenging Listener indeed by Sabre.
Quite good in the end, but I am kicking myself in not reading the instructions carefully enough about how the clashing cells relate to the outer cells. STUPID as it would have helped in a much quicker solve!
Only the second half of one wordplay to sort out (the one for the bottom left hand corner going downhill)
Roll on an easier one next week. (p-l-e-a-s-e)
Only the second half of one wordplay to sort out (the one for the bottom left hand corner going downhill)
Roll on an easier one next week. (p-l-e-a-s-e)
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