There may be an earlier thread but I can't see it. Having only put the finishing touches to Sabre's monster on Friday morning my heart sank when I was that it was time for the quarterly numerical.... ...
Is there really no other thread? I thought this was a wonderful puzzle. Not quite as fiendish as I expected given the setter, but still a really tough challenge. The theme was familiar enough,... ...
A carte blanche requiring a high percentage of cold solving, as there were many unclued entries. Clues were very good, as always from this setter, and the puzzle came together with the theme, but... ...
A crossword of extremes for me. I love the theme and the very clever way it's been set. I don't love the thematic clues at all, though. I really appreciate the skill in setting them, and some are... ...
Perfectly good clues and gimmick but the inspiration for this (as described in Wiki) was so utterly depressing that we abandoned the grid stare in limine.
I thought the clues were set at the ideal level of difficulty -- difficult but not so fiendish as to lose the all-important enjoyment factor. The endgame is curious; no problem with the final bits... ...
Numerical week, and this was pretty much on a par with the last few in terms of difficulty. It took a while before I could get started, but après cela, le déluge. Thanks, Arden!
Another brilliant puzzle. Super neat in construction and a lovely endgame. Fortunately the clues were not too difficult -- just as well as, had the corrections been more fiendishly disguised, it... ...
Tough in the extreme, but very rewarding if that's how you like your puzzles. The combination of altered clues, altered entries, carte blanche grid and truly evil clues throughout made this the... ...
Another setter new to the Listener? We always like to see new gimmicks being used in the clues and we got that here alright, but perhaps like the plot of the film, I found it all very complicated.... ...