Tough in the extreme, but very rewarding if that's how you like your puzzles. The combination of altered clues, altered entries, carte blanche grid and truly evil clues throughout made this the... ...
An outstanding puzzle. Good job there is snow on the ground and temperature has not risen above freezing for 2 days so an excuse if it was needed to devote last evening and most of today to... ...
I quite enjoyed this. Plenty to disentangle, thanks to the jumbles, and one of the toughest of the year, so a welcome change. Lots of wide-ranging thematic material, even if the linkage was a... ...
28a " just another act of apology from Father Jack in the box"saud Ted with great regret(10)?o?t?i?i?n 1d can these bankers come to the rescue? Can if risen to become backers(10)???a???e?s 8a in... ...
Sport leader must go to make it a safe environment (5) H-V-N The answer is fairly obvious, from the definition in the last two words; but I don't understand why "Sport leader must go ..."
IQ is getting tougher each week. No answer lengths are given. Two clues: - Colouring having no good point - Flimsy material recalled Webster’s approach to... ...
A fun puzzle, which appeared daunting, but got rapidly easier once answers could be entered into the grid. The endgame was neat, and very little grid staring was required. Many thanks, Mozart! I... ...
Incredible! Easily my favourite Kea puzzle, and the best Listener so far this year. Just so rich in the theme and all the diverse gimmicks throughout. Thanks Kea!
Across and down clues are each given in ascending order of their answers….the numbers in brackets are the number of cells in the grid entry. Yet there are grid entries of 2 cells following grid...
29d old foot soldiers pack p?l?t?n . The theme of the puzzle is rivers but not in every clue. The only thing a can think of is peloton as in a pack of riders but where does the old soldier come in, I...
9 Thematic clues have longer answers than numbers in brackets show. Some other clues have an extra letter in wordplay. 6. Shelter Aussie man leading band (6) 18. Wrong mark since recessive in mutant...
An excellent puzzle. I enjoyed the first stage of the problem as logic was required throughout rather than testing umpteen possibilities. The gridfill was quicker than anticipated and there is no...
I rarely post, and have never started a thread, but I wanted to congratulate and thank Cagey for an all-time classic Listener. Surely in the very top tier (top 5, at least) in my 20+ years of solving....
Another great circular puzzle. I enjoyed solving the clues -- just pitched at the right difficulty. 32 was the final clue for me which I should have solved far quicker! Initial inroads were made in...
