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Listener No. 4453: Army & Navy By Shackleton

I made heavy weather of this at first, and admired the way some of the misprints were quite deviously hidden. I was lucky in the end-game, spotting a likely anagram which turned out to be correct: I'm...

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Listener No. 4452: Bobs By Nud

Nice straightforward offering this week. Tidy clues, and a fairly easy them to spot. Many thanks, Nud.

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Listener 4451 Numerical Playfair By Zag

Typical Zag, original concept. Not my cup of tea (but then numericals aren't), but appreciate the way it was constructed to an unambiguous gridfill.

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Listener No 4450: Bank Transfer By Calmac

Now that really was too easy....

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Listener No 4449: Whoppers By Nutmeg

Having discarded my pun-rich first draft of my posting, which would have broken our self-imposed rules, I'll confine myself to thanking Nutmeg for an entertaining puzzle. Nice accessible clues, but...

TheBear69

Listener No. 4448: Get Me Out Of Here! By Nemo

Absolutely first rate! Thanks, Nemo! The construction is quite amazing, especially when one considers how hard it must have been to insure a unique solution. The amount of thematic material in the...

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Listener No. 4447: Influence By The Tall'n

A nice puzzle, with a decent sprinkling of straightforward clues to get one started. I was lucky in getting the last few acrosses and the first few downs at an early stages, and that gave me a great...

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Listener No. 4446: Edwardian Pioneers By Dysart

Thanks, Dysart, for a delightful treatment of a work of which I am very fond. The hidden letter device was tricky this time, and some of the clues were hard -- in fact, I need to go back to one or two...

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Listener No. 4445: Strange Requests By External

I was lucky in that several of the extra words stood out, for me at least, fairly clearly. Clear but not too difficult clues, and plenty of direction to an unambiguous finish. Good fun, and a few...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4444 Food For Thought By Handyman

Sheer delight, thank you, Handyman. What beautifully clear cluing and fun from start to finish.

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Listener No. 4443: Not The Rockies By Kruger

I admit, I made heavy weather of that. The problem was that I didn't get 1d for ages -- not, in fact, until I had cold-solved most of the clues, sorted out the guidance, and got some way through a...

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Listener No. 4442: Got Me! By Towser

Grid fill started quickly, but the last few dragged on for a while. I found some of the extra words really hard to spot, and had to go back once I was convinced I had the right number of entries and...

Hagen

Listener 4441 It's Dark Up Here By Colleague

I loved this. The PDM really made me laugh, and I’m a great fan of the secondary element of the theme. Excellent clues and a tidy final stage that progressed logically from the theme without a trace...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4440

Most enjoyable, thank you, Mr E. A favourite theme of mine!

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Listener No 4439: Where Falls The Axe By Hedge-Sparrow

Another delightfully crafted puzzle by Hedge-sparrow. It wasn't until I had the theme that I could fill the outline of the top left corner and thereby start to fill what was up to then a blank space....

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Listener No. 4438 Can't You Do Division? By Oyler

Thanks Oyler for another brilliant puzzle. Is there any way we can access the original puzzle from 50 years ago?...

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Listener No. 4437: Forgotten Middle Rows By Encota

Wonderful to see this tribute, and quite neatly done too. Many thanks, Encota, this gave me pleasure and reminded me of much pleasure given by the theme....

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4436 Clean-Up Operation By Aragon

We've spent almost as long grid staring as grid-filling and breathed a massive sigh of relief when the penny (or something) finally dropped. This has been by far the toughest so far this year. Thanks...

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Listener No 4435: The Harmony Of Ratios By Ifor

I was lucky with getting the theme fairly quickly (I suppose I've been indoctrinated over the past week or so), but even without that the clues needing two letters cast out would not have been too...

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Listener No. 4434: Addresses By Kevgar

Now that I'm done, I'm embarrassed at how long it took me -- I was trying to sort out the first line of the address as I went along, and the P didn't D until right at the end. Many thanks, KevGar,...

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Listener No. 4453: Army & Navy By Shackleton

Listener No. 4452: Bobs By Nud

Listener 4451 Numerical Playfair By Zag

Listener No 4450: Bank Transfer By Calmac

Listener No 4449: Whoppers By Nutmeg

Listener No. 4448: Get Me Out Of Here! By Nemo

Listener No. 4447: Influence By The Tall'n

Listener No. 4446: Edwardian Pioneers By Dysart

Listener No. 4445: Strange Requests By External

Listener No 4444 Food For Thought By Handyman

Listener No. 4443: Not The Rockies By Kruger

Listener No. 4442: Got Me! By Towser

Listener 4441 It's Dark Up Here By Colleague

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Listener No 4439: Where Falls The Axe By Hedge-Sparrow

Listener No. 4438 Can't You Do Division? By Oyler

Listener No. 4437: Forgotten Middle Rows By Encota

Listener No 4436 Clean-Up Operation By Aragon

Listener No 4435: The Harmony Of Ratios By Ifor

Listener No. 4434: Addresses By Kevgar

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