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Listener 4050: Recipe by Parsnip

"Pleasant" debut by Parsnip and great for newcomers to the Listener world. One of the easiest of the year so far with several anagrams to get started. [email protected] if you...
17:54 Fri 04th Sep 200934 answers, last by Clamzy 22:05 Thu 10th Sep 2009
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turnerjmw

Listener 4049: The Domino Effect by Googly

The dreaded numbers. Googly was last seen in November 2006 with Solve Two, Get One Free. I enjoyed this. Not too much heavy duty calculator work, and it all fell smoothly into place. Cheers, Googly
13:54 Sat 29th Aug 200974 answers, last by Cruncher 09:56 Thu 10th Sep 2009
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rabet

insurance

A few days ago I was involved in a minor collision with another driver. It so happened that we were both insured with the same company and the accident was duly reported. Since then I have been...
12:05 Thu 20th Aug 20092 answers, last by rabet 10:46 Fri 21st Aug 2009
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Philoctetes

Listener 4043 - Green Cross Code by Dipper

This week il fout cultiver nos jardins. Not started yet, but looks fun. Get out the Bumper Book of Trees
12:46 Sat 18th Jul 200932 answers, last by rabet 16:01 Sat 25th Jul 2009
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midazolam

Listener 4042: How to Put On a Little Weight by Charybdis

A while since Charybdis' last Listener (The difficult "Wot no Lines?" in 2007) The grid fill here is much easier, and the quotation was got only after 12 entries. We are left with an ambiguity that...
11:17 Sat 11th Jul 200955 answers, last by darrensma 18:24 Mon 20th Jul 2009
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midazolam

Listener 4041: Motley Collection by Merlin

Before my time, Merlin's last effort was "Olde Treasure Hunt" in 2006 and won the Listener's gold cup that year I bet we are in for a toughie! Anyone who wants a copy email:...
19:37 Fri 03rd Jul 200935 answers, last by robinruth 21:32 Fri 10th Jul 2009
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rabet

Light-hearted definitions

Chambers Dictionary claims to include occasional light-hearted defintions. The only two I've found are for '?clair' and 'tracksuit' which both made me laugh, Anyone know of any more?
12:49 Thu 02nd Jul 20094 answers, last by rabet 08:58 Fri 03rd Jul 2009
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rabet

azed 1931

Anyone else fooled by the two possible but differing answers today?
12:21 Sun 31st May 20097 answers, last by AHearer 12:50 Sun 31st May 2009
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4032

Highlighters at the ready. This week's fix is "Disorders" by Phi. Best of luck to all.
18:19 Fri 01st May 200931 answers, last by Mysterons 16:23 Fri 08th May 2009
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Walterloo

Listener Crossword 4031 - Much Ado About Nothing by Shackleton

Hope nobody minds me starting this week's thread. Lengthy preambles aside I've made ok progress with this so far but still a lot to do. Some good clueing and the whole thing looks extremely...
22:17 Fri 24th Apr 200978 answers, last by Mysterons 20:27 Thu 30th Apr 2009
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rabet

windscreen wipers

Does anyone know how to prevent these making that annoying "cracking" sound when they change direction? What's even worse is that sometimes they go quiet for a couple of strokes and...
19:35 Mon 20th Apr 20098 answers, last by rabet 09:33 Sat 25th Apr 2009
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Listener 4020: Raj by Llig

Even though the weekly link for the listener has been taken away, I thought I would create a thread anyway. Llig gave us a fairly straightforward puzzle last year concerning Ralph Vaughan Williams,...
01:50 Sat 07th Feb 200937 answers, last by Apache4D 10:39 Thu 12th Feb 2009
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Listener 4018 In clue order on and on by Loda

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/art s_and_entertainment/games_and_puzzles/article5 561552.ece Phew - I thought this might have got lost in the Times upgrade
19:52 Fri 23rd Jan 200953 answers, last by JackDeCrow 15:24 Fri 30th Jan 2009
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rabet

knocking Almera

I have a Nissan Almera 1600. My problem is a muffled 'knocking' sound that seems to come from the front nearside area of the vehicle. It increases in frequency with acceleration, so would appear to be...
13:40 Sun 25th Jan 20092 answers, last by rabet 18:13 Sun 25th Jan 2009
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rabet

problem with Vista

I have set the DPI scaling so high that the "apply" button of the box is off the screen so I can't change it. Any ideas, anyone?
15:13 Fri 12th Dec 20082 answers, last by rabet 15:25 Fri 12th Dec 2008
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rabet

Acrobat reader

I am using Vista Home premium on a Toshiba notebook. When I try to shut down the computer I get a message saying that Acrobat reader is open even though I haven't opened it. Any ideas as to why this...
14:10 Mon 13th Oct 20082 answers, last by rabet 09:41 Tue 14th Oct 2008
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rabet

3 mobile network

Has anyone any experience of this network? My wife has recently signed up to it and has been very disappointed. Half the time there is no signal and when it is workiing it varies in strength from one...
10:49 Fri 10th Oct 20083 answers, last by redcrx 11:32 Fri 10th Oct 2008
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Lostris

Final line of which play!

There is a play which ends with a line which is something like 'Open the windows, give us some air' or possibly 'give us some light?' Extremely vexing as I am sure I have been in this play, but which...
23:59 Fri 03rd Oct 20081 answer, last by rabet 16:20 Mon 06th Oct 2008
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rabet

Chambers CD

Will the Chambers Dictionary & Thesaurus run on Vista Home Premium?
17:42 Sat 13th Sep 20082 answers, last by rabet 10:53 Sun 14th Sep 2008
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rabet

How does this work?

'Highly placed characters in front of queue, say' (4) The answer is ATOP, the definition being 'highly placed' ~ but how does the rest work?
13:02 Thu 11th Sep 20082 answers, last by rabet 13:11 Thu 11th Sep 2008

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