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Listener 4103 - Annual Turnover by Ragtag

A pleasant little workout - and very nice to see an old friend return at 28a.

dr b

Listener 4102 Something's Brewing by Poat

Do I get to call firsties this week? I thought this was a nice puzzle. It was a lot easier to get the keyword than I thought it might be, and once you have that everything falls into place pretty...

daagg

Listener 4101 - Primordial by Viking

Oh dear, that was far too easy! A quick trawl through my Dictionary of Interesting Numbers and a short jigsaw puzzle.

midazolam

Listener 4100: Table-turning by Kea

This is what the listener is all about. As soon as I saw Kea's name at the top I knew this was going to be good. This was a real challenge, the like we have been missing recently. Masterful...

Philoctetes

Is Firefox really unbearably slow?

I am running Firefox under XP, with Norton 360. All automatically updated. Firefox is just getting slower and slower to start up, today taking 24 minutes from click to show. Task Manager shows it...

Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4099: Double Devilry by Pointer

A nice challenge and a clever construction, but as you can see, a quick finish. I'm interested to know whether others see what to do before or after discerning the 10 letter word. Cheers to Pointer,...

midazolam

Listener 4097: Half-Thyme by Dipper

In a way typical of what we expect from Dipper, although harder than recent efforts. Initially a quick start developed into a much slower finish. I enjoyed tracking down the herbs but I thought the...

midazolam

Listener 4096: Some Assembly Required by Mr E

After part of the theme dawned on me half way through filling in the grid, i was thinking we were in for another stale ending. Luckily the ending took a fair amount of decoding, and it was very...

Zabadak

Listener 4085: Atom Smasher by Llig

Though there's another thread on on 4095, and I've contributed to it, this might help get the conversation started, though I suspect not a long one. There really isn't much to this (sorry Llig, and...

flobadob

How can you take a church seriously...?

The church of england is changing the rules to allow female bishops. I'm not saying that I'm for, or against this but what I am saying is how can you take a church seriously if they just keep changing...

turnerjmw

Listener 4092 Misprinted Auditions by Bufo

An entertaining puzzle, much less difficult than it might appear at first glance. Thanks, Bufo

AHearer

Listener 4091: Mind the Gap by Calmac

starwalker

Listener 4089 Vive la Difference by Kevin

A very pleasant and enjoyable debut by Kevin. Some nice clues and a familiar theme which made me realise how quickly time passes. Possibly suitable for newcomers, but personally, I think that 32D is a...

Philoctetes

Listener 4088 - Digimix by Oyler

Well, thank goodness we have a long weekend. I think I might need that to work out what the blazes the clues mean! I had one theory, but the rubric that all entries are different turned me towards a...

midazolam

Listener 4086: Back Gate by Tiburon

My first listener from one of the Magpie team (talk about coincidences from last weeks magpie pitch). Obvious misprints made this fairly straightforward to start but tricky to finish. The theme...

midazolam

Listener 4085: If I've Told You Once... by Ploy

Ploy gave us a relatively straightforward but interesting grid with "Signal Boxes" and it is the same this week. In fact there is more in the grid than needs to be highlighted. A very...

Zabadak

Listener 4083: Not as Mad as It Sounds? by Bandmaster

At first the high proportion of short words is a bit daunting - but for the most part the clues are fair, even if in one instance a little vulgarity (in my and Chambers' opinion) creeps in. A good...

Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4082

This is a terrific technical challenge, with some fine and fair cluing. It made my head spin towards the end, and I suspect transcription into the final grid is going to be particularly prone to...

owllady

Oldham Cats Quiz

5 There can be only one (10) 6 Electrical weather phenomenon, film and song (2,5,4) 10 Purgatory with small male child (7) 11 A place of nightmares for babies(6,2,4) 12 Star of silver screen added to...

serpentinew

Listener 4081 Double Cross by Radix

Listener 4081 Double Cross by Radix - Two for the price of one this week. Certainly lives up to its title!

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Listener 4103 - Annual Turnover by Ragtag

Listener 4102 Something's Brewing by Poat

Listener 4101 - Primordial by Viking

Listener 4100: Table-turning by Kea

Is Firefox really unbearably slow?

Listener Crossword 4099: Double Devilry by Pointer

Listener 4097: Half-Thyme by Dipper

Listener 4096: Some Assembly Required by Mr E

Listener 4085: Atom Smasher by Llig

How can you take a church seriously...?

Listener 4092 Misprinted Auditions by Bufo

Listener 4091: Mind the Gap by Calmac

Listener 4089 Vive la Difference by Kevin

Listener 4088 - Digimix by Oyler

Listener 4086: Back Gate by Tiburon

Listener 4085: If I've Told You Once... by Ploy

Listener 4083: Not as Mad as It Sounds? by Bandmaster

Listener Crossword 4082

Oldham Cats Quiz

Listener 4081 Double Cross by Radix

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