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s_pugh

Listener 4506 Multiple Deletions By Ifor

After last week's Sabre I was expecting something simple - wrong! Was head scratching and cold solving for ages until I rumbled the verse and then had the huge PDM. Thought the 18 opposing pairs were...
10:22 Sat 09th Jun 201812 answers, last by Philoctetes 19:01 Tue 12th Jun 2018
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kdgs2

Listener 4505: Wiggles By Sabre

This had all the elements to make it extremely daunting: Sabre - check; unconventional grid - check; long, complicated preamble - check! And it lived up to its billing. How does Sabre manage to make...
16:41 Sat 02nd Jun 201810 answers, last by tnap 15:33 Tue 05th Jun 2018
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starwalker

Listener 4504: Milky By Malva

After last week's rather harsh welcome home from holiday (perhaps I should have taken two weeks), this was much smoother and more welcome. An interesting mixture of clues, some less obvious to me than...
17:15 Fri 25th May 201813 answers, last by olichant 10:58 Wed 30th May 2018
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Alekhine

Listener 4502: Never-Ending?

This is curious. All done, all seems OK ... and yet I am a letter out in the endgame. I'll assume that I have made a small error. Perversely, I hope that I have and that there isn't a problem here....
22:02 Fri 11th May 201828 answers, last by Liathach 05:05 Wed 16th May 2018
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kdgs2

Listener 4501 - Two Solutions By Quinapalus

After being too tired to make much progress on this last night, I made the most of a delayed flight this morning and got there in the end (in both senses!). This was a clever construction, with mostly...
09:52 Sat 05th May 201817 answers, last by olichant 13:13 Thu 10th May 2018
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starwalker

Listener 4500 : What Have We Come To By Kea

I shuddered when I saw the name of the setter and I was totally wrong. This puzzle is extremely approachable and I felt that the clues were very generous at times. A newcomer should not be afraid of...
17:44 Fri 27th Apr 201815 answers, last by sunny-dave 13:04 Fri 04th May 2018
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Farrwest

Azed 2393

Is anyone else having rouble printing this?
00:47 Sun 22nd Apr 20189 answers, last by JJ109 09:41 Sun 22nd Apr 2018
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emcee

Listener Crossword 4499 Silent Movie By Elfman

I haven't been able to find another thread so here goes ... I thought this was quite a straightforward offering this week; the clues didn't take too long to solve. There will be some argument about...
18:31 Fri 20th Apr 201818 answers, last by sunny-dave 10:33 Fri 04th May 2018
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kdgs2

Listener 4498 - Name That Tune By The Ace Of Hearts

Normally I'm a bit wary of circular grids, but with some fortunate early clue solves I stumbled on the theme, including all of the message from the hidden letters. It's an understatement to say that...
00:57 Sat 14th Apr 201823 answers, last by sunny-dave 10:29 Fri 04th May 2018
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Encota

Listener 4497: 'catechism' By Tnap

The clue-solving was tough work in places and I spent an age somewhat baffled ... but a nice couple of PDMs brought it all to an enjoyable conclusion. Thanks tnap :-)
13:47 Sat 07th Apr 201815 answers, last by icynorth 19:42 Wed 11th Apr 2018
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kdgs2

Listener 4496: Ilam By Mynot

This was quite tricky to make progress with lots of cold-solving required, but the penny dropped in about three stages with a final satisfying clang. Another puzzle contributing to the high quality of...
23:24 Fri 30th Mar 201818 answers, last by vetuste_ennemi 03:35 Wed 04th Apr 2018
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kdgs2

Listener 4495: An Exchange Of Letters By Harribobs

A clever treatment of, for me, an unfamiliar theme. It's scarcely possible to believe that the letter changes in the grid can exist and give the required text. I really liked several of the across...
21:45 Fri 23rd Mar 201817 answers, last by Hagen 12:43 Wed 28th Mar 2018
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IainGrace

Listener 4494

A very enjoyable one session/several glasses of wine challenge with a theme that slowly becomes apparent.
20:01 Fri 16th Mar 201818 answers, last by Ruthrobin 13:49 Mon 09th Apr 2018
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olichant

Listener 4493 - Devilry By Nutmeg

All done (bar, if I'm honest, resolving one PD clue, albeit I am certain of the entry). I found the gridfill pretty tough going and, to my surprise, the PD clues seemed to fall more easily than the...
19:56 Fri 09th Mar 201820 answers, last by 12barblues 15:50 Sun 18th Mar 2018
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lyrabelacqua

Listener 4492 Mad Tom's Traps

Took a while to pursue this, and I wasn't sure of it until the end, but I have now caught all the elusive quarries.
19:30 Fri 02nd Mar 201819 answers, last by olichant 05:20 Mon 05th Mar 2018
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s_pugh

Listener 4491 A Dreadful Puzzle By Dysart

Is there a prize for the most apt title ever?
11:40 Sat 24th Feb 201817 answers, last by HappyUncle 15:49 Mon 26th Feb 2018
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lyrabelacqua

Listener 4489 Ocean-Going Vessel

Am I truly first? Loved this one, and have just finally nailed my last replacement. Quick, but very clever.
18:41 Fri 09th Feb 201826 answers, last by Cruncher 19:33 Tue 13th Feb 2018
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Flocker14

Listener 4488

A fairly gentle workout after the rigours of the last weeks but highly enjoyable nonetheless. Steady progress by trial and error after the first grid entry leads to a neat endgame. Many thanks to...
20:44 Fri 02nd Feb 201812 answers, last by icynorth 21:40 Sun 04th Feb 2018
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IainGrace

Listener 4486: In Self-Defence

An entertaining puzzle, using a mix of familiar cryptic techniques. We were perhaps fortunate in identifying the run of correct letters after solving about a dozen or so clues.
20:38 Fri 19th Jan 201823 answers, last by Hagen 13:02 Tue 23rd Jan 2018
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Alekhine

Listener 4485: Mixed Emotions

Hmm. Mixed emotions for me. An intriguing effort that revealed itself fairly quickly. Not enamoured with 22A, 28D or 31D....
20:32 Fri 12th Jan 201828 answers, last by olichant 12:09 Wed 17th Jan 2018

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