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Listener 4291: Maxon By Schadenfreude

Luckily I spotted what had to be done fairly quickly -- a device regular solvers will have met before. This assisted in solving some tough clues. Slightly underwhelming, feeling a little...

AHearer

Listener 4281: Sporn By Hedgehog

A very straightforward numerical. I was surprised at how few candidates there were for some of the number patterns, giving very clear entry points to the puzzle. Thanks, Hedgehog, for not taking up as...

BobHWW

Listener 4279 Hellside By External

Nice gentle cluing from eXternal - first Listener I think. This will be a good starter for new or newish solvers but shouldn't detain the regulars for too long. All definitions sorted, just a bit of...

upsetter

Listener No 4277 Rise And Fall By Colleague

good progress & PDM so far - just the SGF to complete...

perseverer

Listener 4260 Nuts And Bolts By Mango

Grid just about filled - theme understood - now I just have to make proper sense of the preamble! Well worth persevering!...

olichant

Listener 4255 - On The Rocks By Dipper

I think I got (unusually) lucky with the gridfill on this, but even so, it was not quite as intimidating as the preamble led me to fear. A fun and fair workout with some entertaining clues. Thanks,...

dr b

Listener 4251 Unchless By Corylus

Certainly, a breather after last week's toughie, but good fun nonetheless. Not much else to say about this one, I think.

trux

Listener Crossword No 4246 Construction By Shackleton

As one would expect, this turned out to be a real star turn. Amazing grid construction which all works out oh so beautifully. Not as fearsome as one might think at the outset, but still most...

Zabadak

Listener 4244 At Spes Non Fracta By Chalicea

Persuaded out of a Listener sabbatical by the early posting on the website, I worked my way through this (thankfully) relatively straightforward issue at a steady pace and with just enough enthusiasm....

boreas

Inquisitor 1282

I have an answer for 32d, including the extra letter but don't understand the wordplay? Any hints?

dr b

Listener 4243 Pipes By Samuel

Quite a doozy this week but very enjoyable. Not necessary, of course, but I made copious use of the LEN, MID and VLOOKUP functions in Excel to count string lengths, pick out the Nth letter of the...

gem_mother

Charity Quiz

I have one question left on a quiz where all answers have to be related to food or drink and this answer begins with C. "Cakes for John and Ashley?" (7,4) Thanks in advance....

Kobnut

Inquisitor 1280

did anyone else find today's Inquisitor rather unsatisfactory? I finished it well before I managed to work out what I think the quotation is and have still not got several of Nudd's intended endings....

irismay

Musicals

Needing help with these clues to the names of musicals: 1. Is this one a bit scary and stony? 2. Sounds like you might find this one in Burns country!! 3. Sounds like you mind find this one in...

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