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Listener 4477 Word Squares By Elap

Hmm... I have the values of all but five variables but now find one of them has to be 100. Does anyone know if there are any misprints as all the other values 'hang together'. Nothing on The Listener...
20:45 Fri 17th Nov 201728 answers, last by Mysterons 10:14 Wed 22nd Nov 2017
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4476 His By Nebuchadnezzar

This has certainly been the most difficult for us this year. However, it has been so interesting and challenging that we have stayed up well after midnight (for us) to finish it, unable to leave it as...
23:58 Fri 10th Nov 201722 answers, last by Cassanova 18:06 Fri 17th Nov 2017
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perseverer

Listener Crossword 4475 Follow The Directions By Artix

A very clever construction form Artix. Grid fill not too difficult, but making sense of the scissor work took a little bit of thought. Other than being aware of the title, I was not familiar with the...
20:51 Fri 03rd Nov 201714 answers, last by sunny-dave 16:00 Mon 06th Nov 2017
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4474 Rock Group By Llig

What an enjoyable workout. Many thanks to Llig.
17:34 Fri 27th Oct 201713 answers, last by sunny-dave 22:28 Thu 02nd Nov 2017
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kdgs2

Saturday Times The Listener 4473 - Hit And Run By Ifor Friday October 20Th 2017

Surprised again not to find anyone else here already. This was quite fiddly, and I still haven’t parsed all of the clues for the extra letters. I *think* I understand the second instruction, but...
22:08 Fri 20th Oct 201720 answers, last by Hagen 08:31 Thu 26th Oct 2017
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4471 What Can The Matter Be? By Flying Tortoise

With quite a bit of surprise and head scratching, we have a full grid. It took a lucky early spotting of the theme to speed our solve up enormously. I thought this was quite challenging. Thank you,...
20:05 Fri 06th Oct 201724 answers, last by sunny-dave 10:30 Wed 11th Oct 2017
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Contrarian

Listener No 4469 Follow-My-Leader By Harribobs

Thanks Harribobs for a very enjoyable puzzle. I managed to guess the theme after solving the first anagram clash. Some lovely clues (eg. 11d)....
16:40 Fri 22nd Sep 201715 answers, last by Scree 17:16 Sun 01st Oct 2017
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kdgs2

Times Listener No 4468 - Hide-And-Seek By Charybdis

Quite surprised to be the first one here. A daunting preamble for sure, but I decided just to start solving and see where it got me. A lovely series of penny drops later, a satisfying solve. Thanks...
19:37 Fri 15th Sep 201720 answers, last by Scree 14:01 Mon 18th Sep 2017
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Encota

Listener No 4468 Hide-And-Seek By Charybdis

That was a decent work-out, including a theme that's a personal favourite: many thanks Charybdis!
20:11 Fri 15th Sep 20172 answers, last by Scorpius 08:33 Sat 16th Sep 2017
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Listener No 4467 Theme Of The Day By Kea

Thanks Kea for a rather beautiful construction. At first glance, I thought it was going to be much tougher (particularly as, for about the first 10 minutes, I managed to overlook the fact that the...
15:56 Fri 08th Sep 201720 answers, last by Scree 20:07 Wed 13th Sep 2017
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trux

Listener 4466 X Xx Xxx By Somniloquist

Most accomplished: tricky devices, clever clues, excellent title, and all the thematic stuff does (eventually) fit together most neatly. If this is a Listener debut, then it's one of the best for some...
21:05 Fri 01st Sep 201716 answers, last by icynorth 08:59 Tue 12th Sep 2017
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tristram37

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22:42 Fri 21st Jul 201731 answers, last by pushmi-pullyu 08:17 Thu 27th Jul 2017
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4459 Shock Therapy By Serpent

Great fun, thank you Serpent. We filled the lower half with little difficulty but had a struggle to complete the 'upper part'. Definitely one for the men this time. It was more difficult than last...
18:23 Fri 14th Jul 201718 answers, last by crosswhit99 09:49 Sun 23rd Jul 2017
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Listener No 4458: Difficulty By Chalicea

Thanks Chalicea. Rather simple clues, though, and the theme jumped out a little too obviously....
15:44 Fri 07th Jul 201741 answers, last by crosswhit99 18:01 Sat 15th Jul 2017
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4456 Shady Characters By Malva

After quite a long grid stare the light has just dawned - with a smile, of course. When will I learn to read the preamble more carefully! We found some of Malva's clues quite a challenge but are going...
17:48 Fri 23rd Jun 201722 answers, last by sunny-dave 14:29 Wed 28th Jun 2017
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AHearer

Listner No. 4455: Silence By Mynot

It took me a little while to spot what was needed in the top and bottom rows, but apart from that a reasonably straighforward offering from MynoT. I was lucky in getting the big word across the middle...
16:59 Fri 16th Jun 201732 answers, last by sunny-dave 14:20 Wed 28th Jun 2017
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4432

We really struggled with the method of entry until the message helped us. Thank you to Schadenfreude for a really challenging first puzzle of the year.
18:05 Fri 06th Jan 201721 answers, last by icynorth 20:49 Thu 12th Jan 2017
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AHearer

Listener No. 4405: Revision By Tangram

Nice and straightforward. I felt we could have been left to work out for ourselves which entry was reversed, and I wasn't too keen on the cryptic clues to the second line, but it's always good to be...
16:13 Fri 01st Jul 201625 answers, last by Alekhine 22:36 Sun 03rd Jul 2016
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fyellin

Listener No. 4377: Russian Roulette By Rasputin

A very entertaining and well-constructed puzzle. Hard to believe how much the setter fit into such a small space. One minor quibble. The thematic subject of the puzzle, as described by its Wikipedia...
22:14 Fri 18th Dec 201538 answers, last by AHearer 22:56 Sat 26th Dec 2015
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4262 - One Across By Mr Magoo

Was a bit upset to have to put the latest Magpie (plug, plug) aside, but lo and behold - it's a Magoo ! With just a couple of clues to go, the light has dawned and the penny has hit the ground. Just a...
16:43 Fri 04th Oct 201348 answers, last by the_heisman 12:39 Fri 11th Oct 2013

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