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midazolam

Listener 4138: The X-factor by IOA

I looked down the list of letters thinking: no clue lengths, no clue numbers, no idea which is across or even, 26 numbers to choose from. Aargh! Luckily, once it gets going, things speed up and to a...
19:12 Fri 20th May 201187 answers, last by Eril 19:45 Mon 13th Jun 2011
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4130 Rattle by Augeus

I see that trux and Starwalker have posted already, elsewhere. As I did, they quickly found the quotation and are now working hard.
18:16 Fri 25th Mar 201187 answers, last by turast 12:06 Wed 30th Mar 2011
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dr b

Listener 4129, Letters Lament by Tangram

Greetings fellow Listenerites, This should be a week free of controversy, I think. A nice solid puzzle, with the three different types of clues keeping things interesting. The two thematic grid...
20:49 Fri 18th Mar 201149 answers, last by logophile 11:20 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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AHearer

Listener 4118: Auf Wiedersehen by Loda

I'm delighted to see that there is, after all, a Listener this week, and glad I signed up to the on-line service as our local newsagent does not open on New Year's Day. It's a nice puzzle, but prompts...
20:20 Fri 31st Dec 201046 answers, last by teuchter2 20:01 Mon 10th Jan 2011
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4116 - A(nother) Game of 1 by Glow-worm

Although I am nowhere near finished, the grid-fill seems fairly straightforward. Despite the very long preamble, I am not expecting any major problems, so please can we try to keep any hints to an...
17:32 Fri 10th Dec 2010106 answers, last by Mysterons 07:45 Wed 22nd Dec 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4115: Invisible Ink II by Sabre

Invisible Ink was back in 1995, before I started solving the listener, however I have solved a few of Sabre's puzzles, who often uses ciphers and this is no exception. The grid filling started off...
20:02 Fri 03rd Dec 201074 answers, last by Philoctetes 11:48 Tue 14th Dec 2010
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4106 A Change of Clothing by Elgin

A step up in difficulty here. We've floundered our way to a complete grid with crime fighters, an item of clothing and a set of villains, though I am not sure which one is the appropriate one to...
19:47 Fri 01st Oct 201092 answers, last by trux 05:42 Tue 12th Oct 2010
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AHearer

Listener Crossword 4080

This week we have Hexes by Stick Insect. Very straighforward compared with last week's gem. I thought there was a little ambiguity with shading, which I took to be resolved by requiring symmetry in a...
17:12 Fri 02nd Apr 201048 answers, last by segue 00:02 Mon 12th Apr 2010
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4079

This week's offering is Sine Qua Non by Shackleton. No one should panic that I have finished it already - I've only just read the preamble and feel the need for a lie down in a darkened room. No doubt...
18:09 Fri 26th Mar 2010129 answers, last by segue 22:02 Wed 07th Apr 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4078: The Fragmentation of Reality by Lavatch

This one's a gem: don't be put off by the complex instructions or that fearsome 65,536 possible combinations: It all comes out well in the end. Good, fair clues, some lovely PDM's, and a satisfying...
18:10 Fri 19th Mar 201086 answers, last by cookie 13:04 Fri 26th Mar 2010
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starwalker

Listener crossword 4071

This week's offering is "Five Dots" by Franc, which feels somewhat reminiscent of one or two of his previous puzzles. More difficult than some of the recent offerings, but sound and...
21:06 Fri 29th Jan 201044 answers, last by easterfool 15:45 Wed 10th Feb 2010
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4070

This week's offering is "The Glady Marsh" by Salamanca. This is only the second Salamanca Listener that I have seen that is not part of his Plays of the Bard series. Another fairly fast grid...
17:42 Fri 22nd Jan 201044 answers, last by easterfool 00:26 Sat 30th Jan 2010
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starwalker

Listener 4068

This week's offering is "364 263 by Xanthippe" A straightforward grid fill which now leaves me with the problem of following the instructions, whilst not being an owner of the required...
18:12 Fri 08th Jan 201060 answers, last by Mysterons 19:52 Fri 29th Jan 2010
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Clamzy

Listener 4067

Welcome to a new Listener year with Be My Guest by MR E for starters.
22:29 Fri 01st Jan 201051 answers, last by JackDeCrow 12:26 Thu 07th Jan 2010
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4034

This week's offering is "Overhead Reduction" by Schadenfreude. No mention of colouring, but apparently scissors, paper, adhesive and a straight edge will be required. Hmmmm !
16:37 Fri 15th May 200937 answers, last by Flocko 15:27 Thu 21st May 2009
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Apache4D

Listener Crossword 4024 - An Additional Symmetry by Waterloo

After last weeks colourful and interesting diversion (think my times tables are in much better fettle now!), thought I would start this weeks thread off, if I may. This certainly looks like an...
16:40 Fri 06th Mar 200950 answers, last by Apache4D 11:43 Fri 13th Mar 2009
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4023 - Pentomino Factory by Oyler

Another week, another thread. This week's Listener is the "dreaded" numbers puzzle, which actually looks like it might be fun.
17:58 Fri 27th Feb 200947 answers, last by Mysterons 10:07 Thu 05th Mar 2009
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Clamzy

LISTENER CROSSWORD 4022 At arms length by Hotspur

Maybe all our prominent members are resting after last week's exertions, so I'll kick off this week's thread. Haven't had more than a glance at it yet and am not too familiar with this setter.
13:07 Sat 21st Feb 2009138 answers, last by Mysterons 21:01 Wed 04th Mar 2009
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cashier

Times Listener 4004

I've never tried this one before so any letters I have could be wrong. 5dn Precious stone - recklessly getting one for old European (10) ?l???e??n? 18ac Incompetent person has tender going round...
20:13 Wed 22nd Oct 20084 answers, last by cashier 11:05 Thu 23rd Oct 2008
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midazolam

Listener 4004: Signal Boxes by Ploy

Here is the link to this week's listener crossword remember the railway linked previous listener from ploy "travelling light" - will this have a similar theme? enjoy
17:23 Fri 17th Oct 200824 answers, last by jamesah 16:49 Thu 23rd Oct 2008

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