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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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sunny-dave

Listener 4472 - Sharp Work By Puffin

Simple but fun - A Jolly Romp for an early Friday teatime. Thanks Puffin for reminding me to re-read an old favourite....
16:34 Fri 13th Oct 201721 answers, last by crosswhit99 10:31 Wed 18th Oct 2017
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Ripper

Inquisitor 1511

I'm stuck (as usual!) I've got about half of the grid filled in, and realise it's something to do with the elimination of men! Could someone help me with: 7 across Body covering a dancing girl, Alf's...
09:04 Tue 10th Oct 20177 answers, last by Ripper 11:29 Tue 17th Oct 2017
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basquaise

The Generalist

36.d. Keeper of a fishpond (9 letters) I have: a - u - r - i -t 30.d. Scottish official who enforces... (5,6 letters) I have: a - t - r - a - l -e 22.d. In course of completion (2,5 letters) I have: -...
15:17 Mon 24th Jul 20177 answers, last by crosswhit99 09:38 Wed 02nd Aug 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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Wolfram9

Glad That One Is Over :)

Rather tricky this week me thinks.:)
04:40 Sun 16th Jul 20173 answers, last by aelmpvw 10:54 Sun 16th Jul 2017
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Contrarian

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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sandyRoe

How Can I Report This Scoundrel To The Tanzanian Authorities?

The Ministry of Energy and Minerals P.O.Box 2001 Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Complement of the day to you, I write to you and sorry if it comes to you as embarrassment but I beg you to treat it with...
12:19 Fri 30th Jun 201712 answers, last by Peter Pedant 14:56 Fri 30th Jun 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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pomona

Inquisitor 1490

Stuck in bottom left if anyone can help please: There may be a misprint in the def or a letter missing in the wordplay or the clue may be "normal"... 23d Brush snagging king's cape (6) ?C?U?/ 34d Top...
10:30 Tue 16th May 20179 answers, last by crosswhit99 10:29 Mon 22nd May 2017
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Listener No. 4438 Can't You Do Division? By Oyler

Thanks Oyler for another brilliant puzzle. Is there any way we can access the original puzzle from 50 years ago?...
17:47 Fri 17th Feb 201717 answers, last by olichant 12:47 Wed 22nd Feb 2017
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beresford

Listener 4425

Apologies if I've missed the thread ... but I'm hoping there's a misprint in 5 down. Surely it should be ZJTT?...
21:28 Fri 18th Nov 201623 answers, last by olichant 20:11 Tue 22nd Nov 2016
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Neveracrossword

Inquisitor 1461

24 D. American writer, old boy up for pleasure craft (6) se???o NB. Wordplay leads to an extra letter not entered....
14:00 Sat 22nd Oct 201616 answers, last by crosswhit99 07:13 Tue 01st Nov 2016
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djawhufc

Spectator 2280

Morning Good old Doc. Congratulations to a worthy winner- well done Jacqui. Enjoy DJA...
06:18 Thu 29th Sep 201618 answers, last by crosswhit99 22:48 Fri 14th 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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tamaris

Decided To Part Ways With My Dentist.what Do You Think ?

I have been with this NHS dentist surgery for 7 years, although the dentists I see changes from time to time. I have been with this one for about 4 to 5 years. She does not do a thorough Check up, you...
07:01 Thu 06th Oct 201618 answers, last by EDDIE51 22:49 Thu 20th Oct 2016
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crosswhit99

Please Can We Ban .....

(iii) the use of a question mark to create the illusion that a clue has an andlit structure. For the third in the series it seems that another apparent occupational hazard of the cruciverbalist is the...
10:25 Mon 03rd Oct 20167 answers, last by crosswhit99 07:38 Tue 04th Oct 2016
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crosswhit99

Iq 1454

Used oil and funnel (6) The answer is clear with ultimately all but the L checked and an obvious anagram (not sure about ‘used’ mind you), but with a fairly obscure clueword, surely the definition...
07:58 Mon 19th Sep 20166 answers, last by crosswhit99 10:57 Tue 27th Sep 2016
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British_Olympics

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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