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sunny-dave

Listener 4692 - Whodunnit? By Kruger

What a grand puzzle - a carte-blanche with a couple of entry points and then some excellent clueing to make it a real challenge. Well hidden wrong letters too, in a couple of cases. Loved the endgame...
01:48 Sat 01st Jan 202215 answers, last by Dim16 14:42 Mon 03rd Jan 2022
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Hagen

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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upsetter

Listener 4690 Hatched? Matched? Despatched? By Ifor

A great theme and also a personal favourite. The final instruction is still a bit confusing although it didn't hinder the final grid fill. Thanks, Ifor....
18:21 Fri 17th Dec 202121 answers, last by sunny-dave 11:33 Tue 21st Dec 2021
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emcee

Listener 4689 Great Western By Buff

A decent puzzle with a good mixture of clue difficulty. The combinations produced results that I had been unaware of before. It's amazing what you don't notice! Thanks, Buff....
20:28 Fri 10th Dec 202115 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:17 Mon 13th Dec 2021
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Hagen

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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upsetter

Listener 4687 - Best Practice By Ares

Great fun evoking happy memories of one's youth.
18:57 Fri 26th Nov 20218 answers, last by Dim16 18:07 Sun 28th Nov 2021
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Hagen

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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Philoctetes

Listener 4684 Excess By Aedites

Straightforward perhaps, but well put together with some nice clues and good misprints. One of those that hooked you and kept you in till the last letter. thanks Aedites
21:41 Fri 05th Nov 20216 answers, last by Hagen 09:25 Wed 10th Nov 2021
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upsetter

Listener 4683 Diversions By Dysart

A veritable cornucopia of thematic material. Bravo, Dysart....
18:18 Fri 29th Oct 20219 answers, last by pushmi-pullyu 20:17 Sat 30th Oct 2021
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upsetter

Listener 4681 1 41 6:10 By Colleague

Phew - just finished. A bit of light relief, so now back to last week's monster. Thanks, Colleague....
15:08 Fri 15th Oct 202113 answers, last by Hagen 14:28 Sun 17th Oct 2021
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Hagen

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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emcee

Listener 4679 Basic Fact By Opsimath

Oh dear ... well that didn't take very long. Where's The Listener puzzle this week?...
16:21 Fri 01st Oct 20217 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:47 Sun 03rd Oct 2021
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upsetter

Listener 4678 Bleak Expectations By Mira

Great fun - bags of thematic material and an amusing endgame. Thanks, Mira....
17:32 Fri 24th Sep 20219 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:49 Sun 03rd Oct 2021
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Hagen

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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HawkCrossword

Listener 4672 Form..ation By Mr E

A very enjoyable extra word puzzle, made challenging by excellent clues throughout - thanks, Mr E! The endgame is not difficult to spot, but I don't understand why we need to highlight the...
19:02 Fri 13th Aug 202111 answers, last by tnap 22:59 Mon 16th Aug 2021
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Hagen

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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emcee

Listener 4670 Consequence By Ferret

A straightforward gridfill with some attitude added in the endgame. I thought the final part was clever; one of those "you know when it's right" moments hits you. Thanks, Ferret....
20:23 Fri 30th Jul 202110 answers, last by u10 12:46 Wed 04th Aug 2021
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IainGrace

Listener 4669

My better half cracked what was going on at an early stage. Good fun.
19:06 Fri 23rd Jul 202113 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:32 Thu 29th Jul 2021
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Hagen

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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upsetter

Listener 4666 Octet By Hedge-Sparrow

A much lighter workout that the last two weeks but tremendous fun all the same. Thanks Hedge-sparrow....
16:53 Fri 02nd Jul 20219 answers, last by NickorWan 11:49 Sat 03rd Jul 2021

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