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Listener 4170: Aristocat by Mango
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Last puzzle of the year and it is Mango. 2008 was the last time we saw them with the excellent City Tour. This was not as good, but an enjoyable challenge. Shame the whole theme was got very early from a good stab at 24A. The cluing was tricky and the gimmick was cleverly concealed in places. I do think 42A should be two words. Happy New Year to you all.
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SethMould - many thanks to the link to your fascinating insight on Mango - I have to say I will not be googling "The Sin of the Beast", which seemed to turn up some rather unexpected sites! Great puzzle to finish the year on, particularly the relevance of the final highlighting. Happy new year to you and the Mango team.
Finally crawled over the line. What a tour de force! Some very clever clues with some well-disguised definitions. Still don't understand the wordplay for the first part of 13a. I'm left with a slight nagging suspicion that I'm missing something because when applying the theme I would end up with some material left over. Do others have the same problem?
I am well on the way to finishing this one having got 24a by a rather lucky guess. I have the latest edition of ODQ and it does have both quotes in, although in two different places, but they are cross-referenced. Happy New Year to all. My solving has gone through a slump recently, so I must resolve to make more effort in 2012.
A very Happy New Year to all and thanks to Seth Mould for that fine contribution (http://youtu.be/AD-EUS7reyY)
- well worth a visit. Let me reassure Seth that Listen With Others is still going strong, though Chris Lancaster appears less often on there these days.
There was a query about Clamzy earlier in this thread. He was bothered by the unpleasantness about 16 weeks ago and left the AB but doesn't mind me reassuring friends that he is well and crosswording, as ever.
Yes, I have submitted all 53, too, but know what nasty surprises come with the statistics - the transcription error, the staying letter, the missing bar. Ah well!
- well worth a visit. Let me reassure Seth that Listen With Others is still going strong, though Chris Lancaster appears less often on there these days.
There was a query about Clamzy earlier in this thread. He was bothered by the unpleasantness about 16 weeks ago and left the AB but doesn't mind me reassuring friends that he is well and crosswording, as ever.
Yes, I have submitted all 53, too, but know what nasty surprises come with the statistics - the transcription error, the staying letter, the missing bar. Ah well!
Rear gunner Tenflags reporting for duty.. Captain slow as always ..
I found it hard to 'break into' this one even with a kickstart.
Some very clever cluing I thought. Iv'e yet to see, and have a bear69 LOL, on the correct last letter of 20d, and don't yet see the relevance of the highlighting .. but hey ho all enjoyable stuff.
Thanks to Seth and Co for the insight - interesting.
I met my objective for the year of having at go at them all but not without some missing highlighting and errors. HNY to all indeed.
I found it hard to 'break into' this one even with a kickstart.
Some very clever cluing I thought. Iv'e yet to see, and have a bear69 LOL, on the correct last letter of 20d, and don't yet see the relevance of the highlighting .. but hey ho all enjoyable stuff.
Thanks to Seth and Co for the insight - interesting.
I met my objective for the year of having at go at them all but not without some missing highlighting and errors. HNY to all indeed.
Starwalker reporting in even later than the rear-gunner.
Have spent the last four weeks (with Mrs S) on the other side of the world, with little spare time, infrequent internet access and no reference books so am slowly catching up with December Listeners.
Just over half way with this and making rather slow progress. 24a identified and thematic entry sussed, but still some tough clues to go.
Very belated seasonal greetings to all (and sundry).
Have spent the last four weeks (with Mrs S) on the other side of the world, with little spare time, infrequent internet access and no reference books so am slowly catching up with December Listeners.
Just over half way with this and making rather slow progress. 24a identified and thematic entry sussed, but still some tough clues to go.
Very belated seasonal greetings to all (and sundry).
Finally crawled over the line, with a reasonable degree of confidence in the answers. No PDM about the highlighting yet though despite the helpful hints. Happily that doesn't affect the grid. Nearly made my target of all submitted. One numerical defeated me. How many will prove correct is a rather different story!
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