Listener 4282: Coordinated By Mr Lemon

[AHearer]

Sad to see a farewell crossword from Mr Lemon: I had not picked up the fact that he had died. A nice puzzle to remember him by though, with lots of nice clues and a final step that had me chasing around a bit to verify it.

[teuchter2]

I've just had a final push and got this one finished. I got the quotation quite early, but have never heard of this invention. It's always nice to learn something new! I haven't posted for a while as I've been away a lot, but have eventually finished the last three. I thought the numbers one relatively easy, but with scope for making careless mistakes.

[olichant]

Being literally about a hundred miles from the nearest printer and with only half an hour of painfully slow Internet each day, I was very happy to see a carte blanche. That said, progress might have been a little faster if I had scribbled out more of the clues without typos. A really nice theme and use of the carte blanche format - belated thanks to Mr Lemon. And I look forward to reading Staurologist's recommendation when I'm back - I do love how a Listener can introduce you to all sorts of unexpected new things.

[Cruncher]

I thought that this was a really lovely puzzle, skilful and fun. Shame it's a farewell.

[Philoctetes]

Agree. Good puzzle, educational and fun. When copying to my entry to send off, Row F made me think of Groucho Marx.

[Cagey]

Another very enjoyable puzzle. Beginning to wonder what this weeks will bring.

[sunny-dave]

Well that was really good fun - a thoroughly excellent puzzle.

Good mixture of easier/harder clues, logical ways to get into the jigsaw and it told me something I didn't know.

Thanks Mr Lemon - I've always enjoyed your Listeners and I'll miss you/them.

dave


PS - I can just about parse it as it stands, but does anyone else think there's a tiny misprint in the 'Bloody' clue?

[perseverer]

Sunny-dave - checking the word you think is misprinted (I think!) in BRB convinced me it was OK.

[Philoctetes]

S-D - i thought so at first, but the BRB supports the clue. You have to love the subtlety of the Listener.

[Nudd]

A fine swansong from Mr Lemon. He created some most entertaining diversions and this was no exception. He also published my first newspaper puzzle and we subsequently enjoyed some interesting exchanges - I recall once needing to quote about 20 lines from the Bard's first folio in order to justify the use of a single queried word in a clue. Thanks for the memories Mr. L