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Listener 4696 Mint Sauce By Stick Insect

Very clever but there was insufficient connection between the thematic clues and their entries. All the same were introduced to a few interesting words. Thanks, Stick Insect....

upsetter

Listener 4695 Betrayal By Nudd

An exquisite composition. Thanks, Nudd....

Dim16

Listener Crossword

Should I invest in a Chambers given that the online version is useless?

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...

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,...

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....

upsetter

Listener 4687 - Best Practice By Ares

Great fun evoking happy memories of one's youth.

nailit

Why Do Believers Think

That former believers leave the faith? (Whatever it may be?)...

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....

emcee

Listener 4679 Basic Fact By Opsimath

Oh dear ... well that didn't take very long. Where's The Listener puzzle this week?...

upsetter

Listener 4678 Bleak Expectations By Mira

Great fun - bags of thematic material and an amusing endgame. Thanks, Mira....

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...

HawkCrossword

Listener 4676 Back To The Future By Chalicea

Thank you Chalicea - a very pleasant solve, with plenty of entertaining clues and an unambiguous ending.

HawkCrossword

Listener 4673 Chessboard Carte Blanche By Hedgehog

An unusual, but not difficult numerical. Once I'd broken through, the chessboard restriction made the solution easily accessible with pen and paper, which is exactly how a numerical should be - thanks...

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...

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...

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....

IainGrace

Listener 4669

My better half cracked what was going on at an early stage. Good fun.

Auxilium

It Survives A Cleric's Endless Shift

it survives a cleric's endless shift

HawkCrossword

Listener 4668 Impossible Construction By Serpent

A very clever construction - thanks Serpent! It required a fair amount of cold-solving to get started, but thankfully the clues were all fair and accessible, so identifying the feature wasn't too much...

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Listener 4696 Mint Sauce By Stick Insect

Listener 4695 Betrayal By Nudd

Listener Crossword

Listener 4692 - Whodunnit? By Kruger

Listener 4691 Something In Common By Lionheart

Listener 4690 Hatched? Matched? Despatched? By Ifor

Listener 4687 - Best Practice By Ares

Why Do Believers Think

Listener 4681 1 41 6:10 By Colleague

Listener 4679 Basic Fact By Opsimath

Listener 4678 Bleak Expectations By Mira

Listener 4677 Variety Show By Enigmatist

Listener 4676 Back To The Future By Chalicea

Listener 4673 Chessboard Carte Blanche By Hedgehog

Listener 4672 Form..ation By Mr E

Listener 4671 Ours By Xanthippe

Listener 4670 Consequence By Ferret

Listener 4669

It Survives A Cleric's Endless Shift

Listener 4668 Impossible Construction By Serpent

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