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Listener 4084: Oh Yes It Does! by BeRo
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This is fun, possibly a good introduction to the Listener genre for newcomers, without compromising quality. There are still some words no-one could be expected to know out of there usual vocab, but they're all well enough clued and findable even in my 2003 Chambers. I would be interested to know if others share my observation that there's some ambiguity in the instruction concerning the seven word phrase: I tried one plausible method before I was sure of all my letters and got nonsense, but it emerged soon enough after by another way of understanding.
Thanks to BeRo for an amusing take on clue construction and a pleasant journey towards (for me) a familiar place.
Thanks to BeRo for an amusing take on clue construction and a pleasant journey towards (for me) a familiar place.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hello all, new here. Started doing the Listener again recently after a lay-off for a year. A couple of tough ones recently, especially the Sabre; thought this one was very good. For a second I thought I had found the 10 letter word at 20 across with the following A forming an anagram, but realised it was an R short, and didn't comply with any of the other criteria in the preamble anyway. And I was looking for the wrong word. Found the correct one shortly thereafter. Has anyone done the EV today? Very "entry-level", but the answer to 20dn is ambiguous. And, with reference to some recent posts, rather un-PC!
bobbycollins: I had much the same idea, but have this clue listed as a green in your terminology.
Actually, I like your way of doing it - I always use a book of squared paper (like the stuff the French write letters on - and having copied out the clue nos I had four columns besdie them: + - M N. So you are a long way from being the only sad one.
Actually, I like your way of doing it - I always use a book of squared paper (like the stuff the French write letters on - and having copied out the clue nos I had four columns besdie them: + - M N. So you are a long way from being the only sad one.
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