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Listener Crossword No. 4542 Have Fun, It's Wordy By Kea

Apologies if another thread has begun; nothing is showing up that it has. On reading the preamble I thought this looked tricky (if not downright impossible). However, the start of the puzzle was very...
20:43 Fri 15th Feb 20199 answers, last by sunny-dave 11:20 Wed 20th Feb 2019
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British_Olympics

One Going In Lower, Not Both (7)

Surely it should read 'not either' ?
12:52 Fri 26th Oct 20183 answers, last by British_Olympics 15:12 Fri 26th Oct 2018
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Cryptic Clue

Extra special advantage (4) Looks like ADDS but why 'advantage' ?...
17:32 Fri 12th Oct 201811 answers, last by Mamyalynne 18:25 Fri 12th Oct 2018
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emcee

Listener Crossword 4503 Property Management

I've only just started to look at this. It immediately occurs to me that those fourth powers are also square numbers so surely they will satisfy both properties. But this isn't allowed according to...
22:07 Fri 18th May 201818 answers, last by icynorth 21:12 Thu 24th May 2018
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Cruciverbalist

Happy Christmas To All Answerbankers And Best Wishes For Successful Solving In 2018 !

... and if you're at a loose end after the Azed Christmas Competition then here's a link to Shadenfreude's latest offering:...
14:35 Tue 19th Dec 20177 answers, last by British_Olympics 16:26 Wed 20th Dec 2017
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emcee

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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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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Cryptic Clue

MP’s too upset in vulgar surroundings – it’s a rotten dump ! (11, 2 words)...
08:48 Wed 18th Oct 20175 answers, last by British_Olympics 09:30 Wed 18th Oct 2017
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Silverstone

Circuit off limits to dragster ? (11) Letters suggest Silverstone is the circuit in question but why off limits to dragster please ?...
10:17 Tue 17th Oct 201711 answers, last by Flonska 11:06 Mon 23rd Oct 2017
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Aging

Having control of head's good when bridling horse (5) Only word that fits the letters is AGING, but why please ?...
11:00 Tue 17th Oct 20172 answers, last by British_Olympics 11:30 Tue 17th Oct 2017
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Independent Inquisitor 1480 Saturday March 4Th 2017

Chum, around start of year, offering lots to think about (5) ?EATY Looks like MEATY, but why 'around' ?...
15:32 Tue 14th Mar 20175 answers, last by British_Olympics 16:53 Tue 14th Mar 2017
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AHearer

Listener No 4439: Where Falls The Axe By Hedge-Sparrow

Another delightfully crafted puzzle by Hedge-sparrow. It wasn't until I had the theme that I could fill the outline of the top left corner and thereby start to fill what was up to then a blank space....
17:46 Fri 24th Feb 201717 answers, last by British_Olympics 20:21 Sun 12th Mar 2017
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Observer Azed 2334 Sunday March 5Th 2017

30a Wolf not following at rear abandoned (4) This looks like GNAR (growl), but how does the wordplay work please ?...
11:17 Mon 06th Mar 20177 answers, last by diddlydo 11:38 Mon 06th Mar 2017
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crosswhit99

Please Can We Ban .....

(ii) the continuing overuse of hackneyed devices In the second of an occasional series of things setters could avoid using, does anyone have other examples of wordplay devices that could do with a...
11:32 Wed 28th Sep 201616 answers, last by crosswhit99 10:53 Mon 22nd May 2017
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Cryptic Clue

Adult in converse form of divorce (5)
16:38 Tue 11th Oct 20163 answers, last by British_Olympics 16:41 Tue 11th Oct 2016
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crosswhit99

Clumsy Aussie Emptied Talc Inside His Piece Of Luggage (8)

Looks like SUITCASE, but what part does 'his' play in wordplay or definition ?
07:43 Tue 11th Oct 20169 answers, last by crosswhit99 07:54 Tue 11th Oct 2016
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24D Iq 1455

There is an extra letter generated by wordplay (think it's H): It's wrong leaving mixed antipasti in shallow pan (5) ?A?IN...
16:19 Tue 20th Sep 201610 answers, last by Neveracrossword 05:38 Wed 21st Sep 2016
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Why Dont Medics Listen

For the past few weeks ive been experiencing a lot of stress and anxiety with the result that Ive been drinking every night to cope. Ive been in this position before so recognise the symptoms and...
09:22 Fri 05th Aug 201647 answers, last by murraymints 11:06 Fri 05th Aug 2016
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AHearer

Listener No. 4401: Literal Spling By Waterloo

That was fun -- quite a quick solve, but I liked the idea. The one slight niggle I have is that the literal spling has not been 100% carried out -- unless I've made mistakes in at least two entries....
15:55 Fri 03rd Jun 201626 answers, last by British_Olympics 18:55 Wed 08th Jun 2016
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Pythagorean Puzzle

A right-angled triangle has sides of length A,B and C where A is the hypotenuse and is an integer. When B and C are multiplied, the result is the square of A divided by one less than the square. When...
16:47 Thu 02nd Jun 201623 answers, last by British_Olympics 14:12 Fri 03rd Jun 2016

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