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starwalker
A delightful puzzle that is typical of this setter. Not too difficult but always entertaining - a characteristic that is often overlooked. Thanks Hedge-sparrow
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Hagen
A skilful implementation of a delightful theme. I found the clues incredibly tough, especially where clashes were involved, and spent almost as long getting the last few answers as I did on the rest...
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Alekhine
Pencil sharpened, letters entered. Puzzle done. This approach seems to work! The finish was intriguing and the clues were OK, although I wasn't totally convinced by the approach that Schadenfreude...
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Flocker14
This was less fearsome than the preamble suggested it was going to be. All done and dusted apart from seeing how the switching of letter and symbol works - I'll leave that till tomorrow. An odd...
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starwalker
Much easier than last week's offering, but with a nice mix of easy and trickier clues. It also showed that the Chambers CDROM has had its day in a way, as the boundary is not there, but it is in the...
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Hagen
I can't find another thread so here goes. What an absolutely brilliant endgame! How setters can achieve such complex constructions so elegantly, I will never know. The denouement went a long way...
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IainGrace
A pleasing, if gentle, challenge after previous frustrating weeks. A week’s holiday in early June (much enjoyed) led to us abandoning 4505 with 98% done and little time to tackle 4506. Well done to...
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starwalker
After last week's rather harsh welcome home from holiday (perhaps I should have taken two weeks), this was much smoother and more welcome. An interesting mixture of clues, some less obvious to me than...
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kdgs2
After being too tired to make much progress on this last night, I made the most of a delayed flight this morning and got there in the end (in both senses!). This was a clever construction, with mostly...
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starwalker
I shuddered when I saw the name of the setter and I was totally wrong. This puzzle is extremely approachable and I felt that the clues were very generous at times. A newcomer should not be afraid of...
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kdgs2
This was quite tricky to make progress with lots of cold-solving required, but the penny dropped in about three stages with a final satisfying clang. Another puzzle contributing to the high quality of...
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kdgs2
A clever treatment of, for me, an unfamiliar theme. It's scarcely possible to believe that the letter changes in the grid can exist and give the required text. I really liked several of the across...
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IainGrace
A very enjoyable one session/several glasses of wine challenge with a theme that slowly becomes apparent.
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olichant
All done (bar, if I'm honest, resolving one PD clue, albeit I am certain of the entry). I found the gridfill pretty tough going and, to my surprise, the PD clues seemed to fall more easily than the...
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lyrabelacqua
Took a while to pursue this, and I wasn't sure of it until the end, but I have now caught all the elusive quarries.
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s_pugh
Is there a prize for the most apt title ever?
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lyrabelacqua
Am I truly first? Loved this one, and have just finally nailed my last replacement. Quick, but very clever.
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Alekhine
Hmm. Mixed emotions for me. An intriguing effort that revealed itself fairly quickly. Not enamoured with 22A, 28D or 31D....
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IainGrace
Four fifths of the grid solved and we have the central area. Some work to do yet, and we are absolutely not fans of folding.
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sunny-dave
Simple but fun - A Jolly Romp for an early Friday teatime. Thanks Puffin for reminding me to re-read an old favourite....

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