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Listener Crossword No. 4568 Howsat! By Skylark

Not a bad puzzle although some of the 3 letter entries made it difficult to ascertain the extra letter. Initially I had a perfectly acceptable alternative answer for 29ac. Not my kind of theme at all....

s_pugh

Listener 4567 Going Concern

Another delightful offering from Hedge Sparrow, as ever neat and precise. Some decent clues too, but unambiguous and a new PB for me finishing so early on a Friday evening so I can enjoy the sun...

Hagen

Listener 4565 Folio By Nebuchadnezzar

No doubt there's a thread lurking, not yet appearing in AB search, though I've looked hard enough... I failed at the first hurdle - I couldn't find the puzzle! It's usually at the bottom of the home...

Ken4155

2019 British Open Golf

Begins tomorrow in Portrush, Northern Ireland. I will be doing a few e.w. bets which i'll probably decide upon after work, but 2 players stand out as possible outright winner of the tournament and not...

emcee

Listener Crossword No. 4563 Odd One Out By Sabre

I'm surprised there isn't a thread ... perhaps there is, and the Search facility is failing again. I finished this puzzle last night which must be a first with Sabre and tells me it wasn't as...

Cloverjo

Anyone Else Annoyed They Missed The Cwc?

I was lucky enough to be at Wimbledon yesterday to see the thrilling match between Fed and Djok. I was following the cricket scores while watching the tennis, and saw that there was a Super Over just...

midgler

Listener 4562: My Nap By Mr Ed

Are we the first? My daughter and I enjoyed this introduction to a little known theme while waiting for the beef to cook (rare). Ingenious use of the instruction. Thanks Mr E, now we have time to...

perseverer

Listener Crossword No 4561 One Or The Other

Well, it took a long time for the penny to drop, not helped by a wrong entry. A neat treatment of the theme, with some tricky wordplay, including the one I got wrong and still haven't figured out...

cassa333

Airbnb Question

Hi, Does anyone know if you have to pay in advance for Airbnb? I might have a job near Westonbirt arboretum and would need to stay fo a few days but we often get laid off so don’t want to have to...

upsetter

The Listener Crossword No 4553 Inscription By Dysart

An excellent puzzle - some tough clues but the entry was quite easy. An unambiguous ending leaving time for other weekend activities. A little perplexed by the Emmy Award winner but could only think...

10ClarionSt

Line Of Duty - Prediction

Tonight, we will see Hastings strongly protesting his innocence. That he was only trying to set a trap for the real "H". But he will be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced. And that will be the...

emcee

Listener Crossword No. 4552 Mortality By 'eck

Can't find another thread so ... This is 'Puzzle of the Year' for me thus far; but at a price as it has been a very tough solve. The five different types of clue made for difficult solving as one had...

corfupaul

Boy George And Eric Clapton Have In Common

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Cloverjo

Have Magpie Subscribers Received

the February issue yet?...

Hagen

Listener 4523: A Tale Of Two Cities By Wan

A skilful implementation of a delightful theme. I found the clues incredibly tough, especially where clashes were involved, and spent almost as long getting the last few answers as I did on the rest...

Khandro

Setting Google Uk As Default In Chrome

I have just installed Chrome, but when I open Google it is in Google DE (Deutschland, because that's where I am). How do I change it to Google UK please?

hammerman

Paella Recipe

Hi. This Thursday, i'm going to be making my first Paella. At the moment, i have a small Paella pan with king prawns, chorizo, pre cooked chicken, onion, red pepper, peas and Paella rice.....together...

piggynose

Airbnb, Any Good? Have Many Abers Had Much Experience With Them?

I'm venturing on my 2nd experience, hoping to replace my previous experience, which wasn't that good....

hc4361

Panettone

I bought this a few years and was very disappointed - it was more like bread than cake. Is that what it should be like?...

AHearer

Listener No 4416: Up To 10 Items? By Wan

I don't suppose you'd believe me if I said I'd had to break off to cook the supper, so I'll confess that with most issues resolved and the highlighting done I had two irritating letters still to enter...

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