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Sunday Times Mephisto 2605 Tuesday August 3rd 2010

French department needing development, I agree (6) AR?EDE
11:26 Tue 03rd Aug 20102 answers, last by x_word_fan 11:31 Tue 03rd Aug 2010
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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...
21:35 Fri 30th Jul 201085 answers, last by Mysterons 11:09 Thu 19th Aug 2010
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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...
21:16 Fri 23rd Jul 201067 answers, last by IainGrace 20:39 Sun 01st Aug 2010
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x_word_fan

Sunday Times Mephisto 2603 Tuesday July 20th 2010

City in central France' not South NE?ERS Thanks...
16:23 Tue 20th Jul 20103 answers, last by x_word_fan 16:39 Tue 20th Jul 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4094: Wet Wet Wet by Lato

A much bigger challenge, I thought this week, with some very clever plays involved in creating the group members. Lots of lovely pennies dropping all the way through. I'd be interested to see how soon...
22:27 Fri 09th Jul 201046 answers, last by bobbycollins 12:49 Wed 14th Jul 2010
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x_word_fan

Sunday Times Mephisto 2598 Wednesday June 16th 2010

17d All but foolish lecturer in his own words (8) I have ?DI?LENT but the usual sites I visit cannot help. Thanks...
17:57 Wed 16th Jun 20102 answers, last by x_word_fan 18:11 Wed 16th Jun 2010
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4090 Refrain by Dysart

An evocative theme from our childhood this week and some very ingenious clues. Tougher than last week, we thought.
19:49 Fri 11th Jun 201057 answers, last by Eril 20:56 Mon 21st Jun 2010
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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...
19:00 Fri 07th May 201068 answers, last by nigel2 10:50 Fri 14th May 2010
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Mctavish

Avatars

Now will some kind person tell me how I put an avatar on ?
17:25 Tue 20th Apr 201036 answers, last by x_word_fan 11:33 Mon 03rd May 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4078: The Fragmentation of Reality by Lavatch

This one's a gem: don't be put off by the complex instructions or that fearsome 65,536 possible combinations: It all comes out well in the end. Good, fair clues, some lovely PDM's, and a satisfying...
19:10 Fri 19th Mar 201086 answers, last by cookie 14:04 Fri 26th Mar 2010
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x_word_fan

Sunday times 4371

Old scandinavian party back home. (4) *D*N I presume ODIN but where is the party back home? or EDEN?? Thanks...
16:17 Mon 08th Mar 20103 answers, last by x_word_fan 16:22 Mon 08th Mar 2010
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Philoctetes

Listener 4075 - Square bashing by Arden

Hoorah - numbers. Again one must marvel at the construction. There are some fairly obvious approaches, but I have not ventured into the hinterland much. I do hope the required clues give a...
20:39 Fri 26th Feb 201052 answers, last by Philoctetes 09:19 Wed 10th Mar 2010
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daagg

LIstener 4074 - Printer's Devilry by Qid

This was a good mix of lots of different techniques. Progress was steady until a major PDM when I realised what the keywords were. After that it was very straightforward. I was rather uncomfortable...
22:33 Fri 19th Feb 201049 answers, last by Jogler 13:47 Fri 26th Feb 2010
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headwreck

rte 7

1 down (10) A comforting effect when inclined _U_H_ _ _ING 12 across (5) n a a n b s a _ _ _ P_ i think 12 acr, might be go ape but thats2 words, and 1 across cushioning if someone could just confirm...
16:04 Tue 09th Feb 20104 answers, last by headwreck 19:36 Tue 09th Feb 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4072: The Isolated Word by Ten-Four

I am glad there was no dilemmas here (which was the case for me in "A New Year Message" 2008). As with all of the year's listeners so far, the grid was fairly easy easy to fill, but the...
20:54 Fri 05th Feb 201066 answers, last by catstail 12:10 Thu 11th Feb 2010
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starwalker

Listener crossword 4071

This week's offering is "Five Dots" by Franc, which feels somewhat reminiscent of one or two of his previous puzzles. More difficult than some of the recent offerings, but sound and...
22:06 Fri 29th Jan 201044 answers, last by easterfool 16:45 Wed 10th Feb 2010
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x_word_fan

mephisto 2579

15a Expressed surprise as aid announced (4) EHE* 16a Short story, perhaps about cracking exploit (4) *CCT I'm pretty sure of the letters I have but can't see anything in Chambers...
14:53 Mon 01st Feb 20103 answers, last by kayakamina 14:59 Mon 01st Feb 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4069: Conversion by Samuel

I very much enjoyed last years penny dropping moment with playtime, and likewise with this weeks listener, it was very neat how it all came together. No ambiguities although one answer I couldn't find...
22:14 Fri 15th Jan 201059 answers, last by Scree 22:52 Thu 28th Jan 2010
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x_word_fan

mephisto 2576

28d Sun mess up, getting press together.(4) I have ?ERR so I presume it's HERR - but why? Thanks...
12:21 Tue 12th Jan 20102 answers, last by x_word_fan 12:24 Tue 12th Jan 2010
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lloyd1e

The Listener Crossword 4066 Rentokil by Jago

I have done most of this including one of the unclued entries. Part of the link would seem to be On the feast of Stephen but Good King Wenceslas doesn't fit in the other bits which are unclued. So, I...
15:59 Sun 27th Dec 20095 answers, last by Mysterons 12:36 Mon 04th Jan 2010

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