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Listener 4085: If I've Told You Once... by Ploy
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Ploy gave us a relatively straightforward but interesting grid with "Signal Boxes" and it is the same this week. In fact there is more in the grid than needs to be highlighted. A very impressive grid construction once again, but the cluing is rather easy for listener standards. For those struggling with the extra letters (as I did) they are not actually necessary (although act as confirmation) as all the clashes can be resolved unambiguously.
Thanks Ploy
Thanks Ploy
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Actually Ploy produced a very impressive Magpie crossword in February that was much harder than this. If anyone would like a copy (of this or todays) then email me at [email protected]
for all those that need a bit extra than what the listener has given this year then I recommend the magpie http://www.piemag.com/ as a source of thematic tough crosswords that will definitely improve ones listener skills
for all those that need a bit extra than what the listener has given this year then I recommend the magpie http://www.piemag.com/ as a source of thematic tough crosswords that will definitely improve ones listener skills
i mention the "magpie" as another source of thematic crosswords as their May edition has an introduction wondering how to get others to tap into their market. We all know about the EV and the IQ in the weekend papers but if you add up the cost of these each week the magpie subscription is a fraction and caters for everyone. Easier, tougher, numerical and prize crosswords with personal statistics on a monthly basis with the help of the listener's statistician John Green. (I think that is what JEG means)
Let me compare it to the listener. Recently there was Elint's debut "Ashtanga" listener called "Labour", well this months mapgpie has a brilliantly constructed extemely tough crossword by Elint worthy of anything this year. They also have Charybdis this month (interestingly part of the duo Harpy with Ploy who created the excellent listener "Hard Rectangle" in 2008 and created a recent magpie prize crossword) again very enjoyable. That magpie edition had one of the toughest Samuel crosswords I have tackled.
I can go on for ages as I am always stunned by some of the crosswords that are published compared to what we are used to in the newspapers including recent listeners.
Enjoy, Midazolam
Let me compare it to the listener. Recently there was Elint's debut "Ashtanga" listener called "Labour", well this months mapgpie has a brilliantly constructed extemely tough crossword by Elint worthy of anything this year. They also have Charybdis this month (interestingly part of the duo Harpy with Ploy who created the excellent listener "Hard Rectangle" in 2008 and created a recent magpie prize crossword) again very enjoyable. That magpie edition had one of the toughest Samuel crosswords I have tackled.
I can go on for ages as I am always stunned by some of the crosswords that are published compared to what we are used to in the newspapers including recent listeners.
Enjoy, Midazolam
Peculiar one this.
Straightforward grid fill and easily spotted writer, which led to the easy spot of the resolution of the “remainder” of the clashes. However, since I only have four of the six pairs in question, I don’t have a clue what the two word phrase is! No big deal since there IS only one method of resolution. Just peeved that I don’t have a rounded finish.
Oops, just noticed that I don’t have the final letter of 27d – two possible answers but no idea about the wordplay. No hints please.
Regards to all.
Straightforward grid fill and easily spotted writer, which led to the easy spot of the resolution of the “remainder” of the clashes. However, since I only have four of the six pairs in question, I don’t have a clue what the two word phrase is! No big deal since there IS only one method of resolution. Just peeved that I don’t have a rounded finish.
Oops, just noticed that I don’t have the final letter of 27d – two possible answers but no idea about the wordplay. No hints please.
Regards to all.
I got the grid filled fairly easily, but I am not sure yet about 5D and 10D (no hints thanks - still working on these). However, i have the writer of the quotation and the quotation, but only 4 of the 6 letter-pairs (as others have). Trawling through to try to find the others, but some of the wordplays are tricky, but hope to get there soon! Enjoyed this one a lot.
Finished the grid (almost). Still stuck on 10d,31a and 31d. Hints welcome.
Got the name and four words.
Haven't spotted any bonus. Hints welcome.
Only got 3 pairs of letters but as others have said, these are less important now the highlighting is complete. Still, it would be nice to know. Hints welcome!
Got the name and four words.
Haven't spotted any bonus. Hints welcome.
Only got 3 pairs of letters but as others have said, these are less important now the highlighting is complete. Still, it would be nice to know. Hints welcome!
for those stuck on what the letters spell out then use the quinapalus site to get the anagram. unfortunately meticulous wordplay can only help get the letters
http://www.quinapalus...p=0&dict=6&ent=Search
http://www.quinapalus...p=0&dict=6&ent=Search
Thank you AndrewG-S, got the bonus and 31a and 31d. That just leaves 10d and the letter pairs (even though I don't need them anymore!). 7lattens - There are 8 possible abbreviations for letters 234 and that's assuming there are no clashes there.Can you narrow it down a bit? And midazolam, quinapalus is only useful for one word answers not a two word phrase?