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Listener 4719 What's My Line? By Hawk

A good puzzle. I enjoyed solving the clues which were sometimes quite challenging based on the misprint being anywhere in the clue. The endgame was unambiguous and impressive. Thanks, Hawk....
09:07 Sat 09th Jul 20227 answers, last by olichant 22:51 Tue 12th Jul 2022
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Listener 4717 Unruly Characters By Somniloquist

Well, I've looked for a thread but there doesn't appear to be one. This was a tough puzzle, probably the hardest so far this year. The theme wasn't for me at all (at all) but I enjoyed the clue types....
09:13 Mon 27th Jun 202210 answers, last by HawkCrossword 16:39 Fri 15th Jul 2022
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Listener 4714 Run To Seed By Phi

A decent puzzle. Most of the normal clues were straightforward but I found a couple of halves of the double clues quite tough. It all came together neatly enough in the end. Thanks, Phi....
10:00 Sat 04th Jun 20227 answers, last by Dim16 08:08 Tue 07th Jun 2022
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Saturday Times The Listener 4703 Saturday March 19Th 2022

The clues were generally good, although there were a couple of instances where I had determined an extra word in a clue when there wasn't meant to be one. The shading of the 13 cells was...
13:06 Sat 19th Mar 202211 answers, last by Hagen 18:12 Wed 23rd Mar 2022
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Listener 4699 Pentominoes By Child's Play

A nice idea and much easier than I expected it to be. Many thanks, Child's Play....
19:49 Fri 18th Feb 20226 answers, last by Oyler 22:08 Sun 20th Feb 2022
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Listener 4689 Great Western By Buff

A decent puzzle with a good mixture of clue difficulty. The combinations produced results that I had been unaware of before. It's amazing what you don't notice! Thanks, Buff....
20:28 Fri 10th Dec 202115 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:17 Mon 13th Dec 2021
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Listener 4679 Basic Fact By Opsimath

Oh dear ... well that didn't take very long. Where's The Listener puzzle this week?...
16:21 Fri 01st Oct 20217 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:47 Sun 03rd Oct 2021
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Listener 4670 Consequence By Ferret

A straightforward gridfill with some attitude added in the endgame. I thought the final part was clever; one of those "you know when it's right" moments hits you. Thanks, Ferret....
20:23 Fri 30th Jul 202110 answers, last by u10 12:46 Wed 04th Aug 2021
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Listener Crossword No. 4650 Two Names By Deuce

No thread started according to my search. More straightforward than last week's puzzle -- but that wouldn't be difficult. I thought the clues were quite easy and the first name is clear enough. The...
19:57 Fri 12th Mar 202110 answers, last by Scorpius 15:56 Sun 14th Mar 2021
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Listener Crossword No. 4599 Triumvirate By Tnap

Can't find an existing thread which is surprising. I thought the puzzle was neat enough, the clues were reasonably straightforward. An interesting theme but I would have preferred our own equivalent...
20:01 Sat 21st Mar 20203 answers, last by Neveracrossword 20:07 Sat 21st Mar 2020
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Listener Crossword No. 4571 International Standards Organisation By Harribobs

(I don't think there's an existent thread) This was a very neat puzzle and, mercifully, the clues were far easier than last week's puzzle. Nevertheless, there were some tricky clues... The endgame was...
10:25 Sat 07th Sep 20197 answers, last by PhilipW 09:50 Mon 09th Sep 2019
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Listener Crossword No. 4568 Howsat! By Skylark

Not a bad puzzle although some of the 3 letter entries made it difficult to ascertain the extra letter. Initially I had a perfectly acceptable alternative answer for 29ac. Not my kind of theme at all....
19:34 Fri 16th Aug 201916 answers, last by Askival 08:33 Mon 19th Aug 2019
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Listener Crossword No. 4563 Odd One Out By Sabre

I'm surprised there isn't a thread ... perhaps there is, and the Search facility is failing again. I finished this puzzle last night which must be a first with Sabre and tells me it wasn't as...
09:03 Sat 13th Jul 201912 answers, last by sunny-dave 11:02 Mon 22nd Jul 2019
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Listener No.4559 G By Xanthippe

A fantastic puzzle celebrating a memorable moment. I solved the clues quite quickly but found the long endgame quite fiddly. My only snag is that I have an "I" left over to fit in the bottom row and...
10:36 Sat 15th Jun 20198 answers, last by Hagen 15:48 Wed 19th Jun 2019
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Listener Crossword No. 4552 Mortality By 'eck

Can't find another thread so ... This is 'Puzzle of the Year' for me thus far; but at a price as it has been a very tough solve. The five different types of clue made for difficult solving as one had...
19:51 Sat 27th Apr 20195 answers, last by sunny-dave 09:01 Mon 29th Apr 2019
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Listener Crossword No.4547 Titles By Schadenfreude

Another neat puzzle by the master. Not as difficult as some of his previous offerings but still enjoyable. RIP Schadenfreude....
19:55 Fri 22nd Mar 20197 answers, last by Philoctetes 19:12 Wed 27th Mar 2019
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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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Listener Crossword No. 4535 One Good Turn By Paddock

I've tried searching but there doesn't seem to be a thread in existence. So ... This was another great crossword which has rounded off a superb year for the Listener puzzle. I thought the clues were...
21:56 Fri 28th Dec 201810 answers, last by IainGrace 18:47 Tue 01st Jan 2019
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Listener Crossword No 4532 How? By Twin

Another tough puzzle but not as bad as last week's by a long chalk. Once the entry method had been deduced it was much easier to make progress; initially I spent much time staring at the clues without...
21:00 Fri 07th Dec 201811 answers, last by icynorth 18:27 Mon 17th Dec 2018
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Listener Crossword 4513 Lost In Translation By Ottorino

A gentler one this week after last week's humdinger. I enjoyed this; the penny drop and endgame was quite satisfying so thanks to Ottorino. Thanks also for educating me with something I never knew...
18:04 Fri 27th Jul 201825 answers, last by vetuste_ennemi 23:43 Sun 29th Jul 2018

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