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Listener 4694 Follow The Directions Again By Artix.

A brilliantly devised trap for the unwary, into which of course I fell. I was expecting to finish this in almost record time until I got to the last stage when, despite having considered the main...
21:20 Fri 14th Jan 202213 answers, last by Dim16 13:29 Thu 20th Jan 2022
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Listener 4691 Something In Common By Lionheart

Many thanks to the Times for providing a Christmas Listener, which I particularly appreciate as the current situation meant I couldn't get over to the UK to see my family. A nice festive Listener,...
08:28 Sat 25th Dec 202118 answers, last by Cruncher 20:54 Wed 29th Dec 2021
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Listener 4688 Harry East By Lath

What an amazing construction! Not a particularly hard puzzle, though no walk in the park either, with PDMs galore. I am a total incompetent with the theme, though even I knew enough not to have to...
20:33 Fri 03rd Dec 202112 answers, last by Dim16 11:05 Thu 09th Dec 2021
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Listener 4687 Best Practice By Ares

This left me with a smile on my face when I finished. I remember Ares’ last puzzle (4633) involved a trivial grid fill followed by an interminable grid stare, and I feared the same with this one after...
19:00 Fri 26th Nov 20212 answers, last by Hagen 19:05 Fri 26th Nov 2021
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Listener 4685 To Good Friends By Little Hare

The leporine one always comes up with good puzzles and this didn't disappoint. I found this tricky, not least that it took me a fair while to see how the jumbles could be entered. There are variant...
10:15 Sat 13th Nov 202111 answers, last by Dim16 23:42 Thu 18th Nov 2021
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Listener 4680 Manhunt By Shark

Utterly brilliant! Tough clues and uncertainties in the placing of entries made for a slow, but steady grid fill, and this was rewarded many times over by a stunning endgame. Usually I quail when I...
08:28 Sat 09th Oct 202110 answers, last by KerriFennell01 05:20 Tue 10th Jan 2023
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Listener 4677 Variety Show By Enigmatist

I can't find another thread even though this puzzle has taken me 15 hours over two days. So here goes. I have never spent this long on any crossword - not even when I started with the Listener 25...
11:25 Sun 19th Sep 20219 answers, last by NickorWan 15:43 Sat 25th Sep 2021
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Listener 4671 Ours By Xanthippe

A terrifying preamble. Ugh. Jumbles. Double ugh. Definition/letter mix clues. Ugh to the nth power. Yet this was brilliant! Once the method of entry of the across revealed itself, a smile was...
18:45 Fri 06th Aug 202111 answers, last by Scorpius 09:45 Mon 09th Aug 2021
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Listener 4667 Classicist By Gorrag

Extremely difficult, and unless I've missed something after hours of searching, a certain amount of insider knowledge is necessary to understand some of the thematic connections. I don't possess that...
10:21 Sat 10th Jul 202113 answers, last by IainGrace 18:26 Fri 16th Jul 2021
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Listener 4663 Blurred Lines By Skylark

Can’t find a thread so here goes… After last week’s masterpiece from Android, I didn’t envy the setter whose puzzle would follow. So much to live up to, so perhaps the editors wouldn’t bother and...
19:49 Fri 11th Jun 20215 answers, last by Philoctetes 16:11 Sun 13th Jun 2021
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Listener 4661 One Across By Lionheart

Lovely puzzle. The grid fill was fun and not too taxing; I enjoyed putting my rudimentary knowledge of the six-letter adjective to use. Despite spotting a couple of names quite soon, it took a fair...
07:44 Sat 29th May 20216 answers, last by pushmi-pullyu 13:08 Sun 30th May 2021
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Listener 4649 Get Weaving By Paddock

That was a workout and a half! Despite initial reservations that this was going to be a slog, I really enjoyed it. I'll admit I "solved" most of the across clues by reverse engineering from potential...
10:17 Sat 06th Mar 202115 answers, last by borealis 20:22 Thu 11th Mar 2021
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Listener 4646 Life By Hawk

I found the clues tough to the point of annoyance in the early stages, but it became easier as the thematic material revealed itself. I find this way of presenting the clues adds the extra obstacle of...
08:21 Sat 13th Feb 20218 answers, last by borealis 00:40 Mon 15th Feb 2021
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Listener 4644 Symbols By Aedites

A jigsaw grid with entries of uncertain length, and no long answers to help us get started. Is that not one obstacle too many? I certainly thought so after I'd solved all but four of the clues and not...
23:15 Fri 29th Jan 202111 answers, last by Scorpius 16:33 Mon 01st Feb 2021
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Listener 4642 Music Box By Tnap

I have searched extensively, but that doesn't mean there isn't a previous thread lurking that search can't find. I'll just say that I found this hard work, and add more if this really is the first...
10:16 Sat 16th Jan 20219 answers, last by upsetter 17:04 Tue 19th Jan 2021
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Listener 4640 Replacements By Ioa

I can't believe I'm first here, but search turns up nothing. I suspect some will lambast this puzzle for being far too easy - and it certainly could have benefited from a less obvious treatment of the...
22:13 Fri 01st Jan 20212 answers, last by Hagen 22:16 Fri 01st Jan 2021
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Listener 4629 Right-Wing Majority By Ifor

Blimey I'm old - the last thematic item didn't exist when I taught the general subject! Really enjoyed this as I do all Ifor's puzzles - it was hard but yielded to perseverance at just the right pace....
22:23 Fri 16th Oct 20207 answers, last by borealis 20:10 Sun 25th Oct 2020
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Listener 4627 Flappy By Shark

I thought this was terrific, with thematic material that just kept on giving. My drawing abilities are even worse than that of a certain artist who exhibits unmade beds, but even so my final result is...
08:21 Sat 03rd Oct 202018 answers, last by pushmi-pullyu 12:32 Mon 05th Oct 2020
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Listener 4623 Tears By Oxymoron

Rather surprised to find an Oxymoron puzzle in the Listener. Wasn't that the pseudonym the late, great John Harrington used for Enigmatic Variations, while his Listener and Inquisitor puzzles were set...
22:07 Fri 04th Sep 202011 answers, last by upsetter 09:26 Mon 07th Sep 2020
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Listener 4616 Disco Lovers By The Ace Of Hearts

The perimeter entries were a great help once the link between them became clear. The ungenerous checking is a serious obstacle when you've got letters latent, uncertain entry points and some very...
10:43 Sat 18th Jul 202012 answers, last by PhilipW 17:44 Sat 01st Aug 2020

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