Can anyone offer a hint as to how the wordplay for 16 across works? The clue is Inquire?! (6) The answer is obvious from the crossers, and is a synonym for INQUIRE. But the only possible wordplay I...
As someone who is *very* unlikely to be voting on the puzzle of the year through an endless series of transcription errors and the like, I was pondering my favourite puzzles of 2017. Looking back at...
Anyone got a solution for 1d in the right hand grid? I can come up with a sensible six-letter solution to the clue, and I think the extra letter to add in is V or G... but I can't make a 7-letter word...
A new setter, I believe and he really presented us with a challenge. I dislike Playfair almost as much as jumbles and am really happy that there are programmes that help on line. What a relief when we...
This was pretty tough. I have three of the five characters, so i hope it's just a matter of time and that I can shortly get back to listening and not listener. Highly engrossing - many thanks to...
This has certainly been the most difficult for us this year. However, it has been so interesting and challenging that we have stayed up well after midnight (for us) to finish it, unable to leave it as...
A very clever construction form Artix. Grid fill not too difficult, but making sense of the scissor work took a little bit of thought. Other than being aware of the title, I was not familiar with the...
Surprised again not to find anyone else here already. This was quite fiddly, and I still haven’t parsed all of the clues for the extra letters. I *think* I understand the second instruction, but...
With quite a bit of surprise and head scratching, we have a full grid. It took a lucky early spotting of the theme to speed our solve up enormously. I thought this was quite challenging. Thank you,...
I couldn't see an earlier thread .. but I'm guessing that there must be one. A curious puzzle. Some very easy clues, but coupled with a bit of trickery. It was enjoyable, but some debate will ensue...
Quite surprised to be the first one here. A daunting preamble for sure, but I decided just to start solving and see where it got me. A lovely series of penny drops later, a satisfying solve. Thanks...
Thanks Kea for a rather beautiful construction. At first glance, I thought it was going to be much tougher (particularly as, for about the first 10 minutes, I managed to overlook the fact that the...
Most accomplished: tricky devices, clever clues, excellent title, and all the thematic stuff does (eventually) fit together most neatly. If this is a Listener debut, then it's one of the best for some...