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Mayflower3

Spectator Christmas

1d. Losing idle month in cloister, behind time for putting in columns(10) 36d. Seriously please German navy,labelled ruthless(10 hyphenated) Cold- hard- 79d. Say, count carrots at one bad meal (10)...
12:39 Sat 12th Dec 201514 answers, last by Piffleworthy 11:47 Sat 19th Dec 2015
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Mampara

Spectator Christmas Crossword

A long time to go before closing date but I would appreciate help with these clues. Bear in mind that some clues could have superfluous words. 90a Firmly fixed barrel until last move (7 hyphened)...
14:07 Fri 11th Dec 201521 answers, last by Ruthrobin 19:44 Thu 17th Dec 2015
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Listener No. 4375: Five One-Time Pads By Poat

A pleasant unity to the whole puzzle. Clues were not too challenging, but there was plenty in the end-game to keep the interest up. Many thanks, Poat....
19:33 Fri 04th Dec 201512 answers, last by olichant 16:59 Thu 10th Dec 2015
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Listener No 4374 : A Tester Laid Out By Salamanca

I did enjoy the way the thematic material all slotted together, however I think the obscurity of some of the geographical references was pushing the boundaries of fair play rather. Thanks Salamanca....
17:57 Fri 27th Nov 201523 answers, last by sunny-dave 10:22 Wed 02nd Dec 2015
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Listener No 4372: Seldom Seen By Piccadilly

Anything I say will set off yet another argument about easy and hard Listeners, so I'll leave it at thanking Piccadilly for a brief spell of entertainment....
16:54 Fri 13th Nov 201544 answers, last by rhona121 17:21 Fri 20th Nov 2015
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Ruthrobin

Enigmatic Variations No 1198 Cobblers By Shark

We are wondering where that lively crowd of EV threaders has disappeared to. I think that as setters and solvers we used to really enjoy this thread. Where are you all? Please come back. We are...
10:33 Mon 26th Oct 201519 answers, last by devadolly 13:45 Thu 29th Oct 2015
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Ruthrobin

Iq 1409 Addition By Samuel

Is there a thread somewhere that I have overlooked? We have enjoyed Samuel's clues (of course) but needed the Internet to identify some of the solutions to the algebraic clues (even though it is a...
08:33 Mon 26th Oct 20153 answers, last by EV_Solver 19:24 Mon 26th Oct 2015
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jim360

Listener Crossword No 4368 -- The Name Of The Game By Harribobs

The preamble was enough for an early PDM, although I've not actually played the game properly before. Then it was a relatively speedy gridfill before I nervously attempted the endgame, dreading the...
16:28 Fri 16th Oct 201548 answers, last by IainGrace 17:28 Fri 23rd Oct 2015
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Listener No 4366: Ego-Trips By Llig

Sorry to be a bit repetitive, but this is just not a stiff enough challenge. Lots of very easy clues, and no real endgame to speak of....
16:11 Fri 02nd Oct 201533 answers, last by IainGrace 19:24 Sun 11th Oct 2015
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Listener No 4365: General Intelligence By Calmac

What a neat grid construction. I found finding the quotation a bit tedious, but the rest of the puzzle was a total delight, with some cleverly concealed misprints. Many thanks, Calmac....
16:50 Fri 25th Sep 201537 answers, last by towsertaylor 13:14 Wed 30th Sep 2015
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Listener No 4364: Plants By Ottorino

That was fun and, for me, educational. I was stuck for a while on both 30 across and down, but it all finally came together. Some nicely convoluted clues, but all very fair, and no ambiguity in the...
17:37 Fri 18th Sep 201518 answers, last by jim360 09:46 Sat 26th Sep 2015
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Listener No. 4363: Demolition By Schadenfreude

As ever with Schadenfreude, a great pleasure to solve. I had to backtrack to find a few missing missing letters, though. I wonder whether this was one that was rejected by CAM as too easy (or perhaps...
17:05 Fri 11th Sep 201525 answers, last by olichant 18:04 Thu 17th Sep 2015
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Listener No. 4362: Spots, By Colleague

I'm still a bit uncertain of the misprint for the fifth letter of the name, but have no qualms about the rest. Some nice clues, and a satisfactory endgame. Many thanks, Colleague. Now back to tracing...
19:07 Fri 04th Sep 201531 answers, last by IainGrace 10:41 Wed 09th Sep 2015
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Listener 4361 Two For The Price Of One By Monk

Pretty easy grid fill, and an interesting second puzzle. I do quite enjoy puzzles of this second type, but the ones I have seen before tend to be very trivial. This one was a little more challenging....
17:32 Fri 28th Aug 201533 answers, last by icynorth 09:29 Thu 10th Sep 2015
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Listener No. 4357: Aft By Nutmeg

Some fairly straightforward clues, with a lucky guess at 1d and 27d leading inevitably to 17, made this a quick solve. I was held up for a while by 14d and 24d, but I'm looking forward to a bit of...
16:17 Fri 31st Jul 201528 answers, last by IainGrace 18:04 Wed 05th Aug 2015
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trux

Listener 4356 Mashonaland By Raffles

Some excellent clueing, especially where extra letters were unambiguously indicated. The end result may never win a prize for elegance, even with the speakers revealed, but the gridfill speeds up very...
18:09 Fri 24th Jul 201540 answers, last by IainGrace 16:01 Tue 04th Aug 2015
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Bob454

Farmers Guardian 782

farmers guardian 782 170715 16d. hastily produce bribe - not on ! ( 4.3 ) ?a?h / ?f?...
07:51 Mon 20th Jul 20158 answers, last by Ruthrobin 10:31 Thu 23rd Jul 2015
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Listener No 4355: Shorthand Crosses By Aragon

A lovely construction, with fairly straightforward clues. I hadn't come across the verse, and have only been able to locate the vital couplet -- if the rest of it is available I hope somebody will...
17:10 Fri 17th Jul 201543 answers, last by Whenland 17:53 Thu 23rd Jul 2015
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Listener 4354 Taxi! By Ilver

No one has solved this yet?? It's Friday afternoon in California, so after midnight in the UK. I'm in a strange position. Solved grid. I know the quotation, its source and the corresponding key. No...
23:57 Fri 10th Jul 201540 answers, last by IainGrace 20:15 Wed 15th Jul 2015
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trux

Listener 4353 A Ghost Story By Kevgar

All over rather too quickly for my liking, but I enjoyed the join-up-the-dots picture-forming. Clues perhaps a bit easy for this outlet. Anyhow, now plenty of time for tennis and/or sweltering in the...
16:13 Fri 03rd Jul 201540 answers, last by upsetter 23:33 Wed 08th Jul 2015

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