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IainGrace

Listener 4494

A very enjoyable one session/several glasses of wine challenge with a theme that slowly becomes apparent.

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.

Flocker14

Listener No 4478 Chapstick By Tangram

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...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4476 His By Nebuchadnezzar

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...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4471 What Can The Matter Be? By Flying Tortoise

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,...

trux

Listener 4466 X Xx Xxx By Somniloquist

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...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4463 The Evolution Of East Perry By The Ace Of Hearts

Nice to have a circular one and we were given a very generous hint from the start but the very last two words we had to enter have taken almost as long as the rest of the grid fill. I have had a good...

Contrarian

Listener No 4458: Difficulty By Chalicea

Thanks Chalicea. Rather simple clues, though, and the theme jumped out a little too obviously....

AHearer

Listner No. 4455: Silence By Mynot

It took me a little while to spot what was needed in the top and bottom rows, but apart from that a reasonably straighforward offering from MynoT. I was lucky in getting the big word across the middle...

AHearer

Listener No. 4454: Honest Grey Maker By Augeas

Thanks, Augeas, for giving us an easier ride than we had last week, and for reminding us of this anniversary. Nice unambiguous end-game.

AHearer

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...

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...

AHearer

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...

AHearer

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...

AHearer

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...

AHearer

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!

Bazile

Where Do You Keep Yours ?

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AHearer

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 4494

Listener 4489 Ocean-Going Vessel

Listener No 4478 Chapstick By Tangram

Listener No 4476 His By Nebuchadnezzar

Listener No 4471 What Can The Matter Be? By Flying Tortoise

Listener 4466 X Xx Xxx By Somniloquist

Listener No 4463 The Evolution Of East Perry By The Ace Of Hearts

Listener No 4458: Difficulty By Chalicea

Listner No. 4455: Silence By Mynot

Listener No. 4454: Honest Grey Maker By Augeas

Listener No. 4453: Army & Navy By Shackleton

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

Listener No. 4446: Edwardian Pioneers By Dysart

Listener No. 4445: Strange Requests By External

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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Where Do You Keep Yours ?

Listener No 4435: The Harmony Of Ratios By Ifor

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