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Listener 4748 - Xps By Karla

What an enjoyable puzzle. Some neat clues, and as the theme emerged, it helped resolve some of the trickier ones. Thanks, Karla. Very pleasant.
19:34 Fri 27th Jan 20236 answers, last by Philoctetes 09:22 Tue 31st Jan 2023
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Listener 4593 Death Row By Ifor

I thought this was brilliant. Not quite as tough as it looked at first sight, although a lucky early guess at the theme helped. It all came together very neatly and the final step was beautifully...
20:08 Fri 07th Feb 20208 answers, last by emcee 20:35 Sun 09th Feb 2020
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Listener 4493 - Devilry By Nutmeg

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...
20:56 Fri 09th Mar 201820 answers, last by 12barblues 16:50 Sun 18th Mar 2018
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2017 In Listeners

As someone who is *very* unlikely to be voting on the puzzle of the year through an endless series of transcription errors and the like, I was pondering my favourite puzzles of 2017. Looking back at...
13:53 Tue 02nd Jan 20182 answers, last by Ruthrobin 12:11 Tue 13th Feb 2018
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2016 In Listeners

Happy New Year to everyone! We've had a great year of Listeners, so thanks to the setters and editors as well as everyone who gathers here. There's no chance that I'll be voting for best puzzle (and,...
13:16 Tue 03rd Jan 20172 answers, last by borealis 20:55 Tue 17th Jan 2017
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Listener 4417: Hms Arcady By Hedge-Sparrow

A very lucky spot meant that this unravelled quite quickly for me - once I had the theme, a number of otherwise fiddly obstacles fell all at once. But what an elegant result, and so much thematic...
17:53 Fri 23rd Sep 20162 answers, last by olichant 18:00 Fri 23rd Sep 2016
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Double Unches

Sorry if this is a slightly esoteric question, but I'd be really interested in people's views. I'm working on a barred-grid puzzle at the moment, and try as I might, for various reasons I can't...
11:09 Sat 23rd Apr 20162 answers, last by olichant 15:28 Tue 26th Apr 2016
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Cam 75 Crossword: Gap Fillers By Schadenfreude

For anyone wanting a seriously tricky challenge, try this for size: http://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/magazine/crossword. Not for the faint-hearted!...
15:25 Thu 16th Jul 20151 answer, last by dannyk13 15:27 Thu 16th Jul 2015
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Listener 4344: Fast And Loose By Ifor

Not nearly as scary as the preamble suggested, and a really nice sequence of PDMs leading to a satisfying final grid. Thanks Ifor, and I hope everyone here (in the UK, at least) has a nice long...
17:45 Fri 01st May 201529 answers, last by offramp_t 20:08 Wed 13th May 2015
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Listener Crosswords 2014

Many thanks to the editors and setters for such a fantastic run of crosswords this year - and thanks to everyone on this site. It's always a nice Friday (or Saturday) ritual to come here to see how...
12:01 Mon 29th Dec 20141 answer, last by jim360 13:13 Mon 29th Dec 2014
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Listener 4259 - Redraw By Nod

Gridfill was not too hard, but the endgame had me staring for a while - though when the penny dropped, it did raise a smile. A nice construction, and some fun clues.
20:48 Fri 13th Sep 20133 answers, last by olichant 21:04 Fri 13th Sep 2013
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Listener 4256 - Boxes By Radix

Oh my goodness. What an incredible feat from Radix. I have not been able to put this down since I got a foothold in - the construction, symmetry and elegance make the mind boggle. I am slightly...
02:55 Sat 24th Aug 201352 answers, last by borealis 18:22 Sun 01st Sep 2013
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Listener 4255 - On The Rocks By Dipper

I think I got (unusually) lucky with the gridfill on this, but even so, it was not quite as intimidating as the preamble led me to fear. A fun and fair workout with some entertaining clues. Thanks,...
18:12 Fri 16th Aug 201340 answers, last by the_heisman 09:21 Wed 21st Aug 2013
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Cam 69: Eccles By Schadenfreude

I though it was worth starting a separate thread, so here's the link: http://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/news/cam/cam69/CAM69.pdf. I'm far from finishing it or, indeed, having a clue about what is going on -...
20:22 Sun 07th Jul 20137 answers, last by Marmozetti 20:36 Sun 04th Aug 2013
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Listener 4249 Play's Opening By Shark

This seemed so easy at first - until half the grid was filled and I was suddenly utterly stumped. Even with almost all the grid filled, the penny took a long time to drop. But what a clever treatment...
00:29 Sat 06th Jul 201331 answers, last by Staurologist 11:27 Mon 15th Jul 2013
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CAM 66: Capital Letters by Schadenfreude

The new CAM crossword can be found here: http://alumni.cam.ac.uk/news/cam/cam66/. At first sight, it is starting to yield its secrets more easily than the superb construction from Ifor in the previous...
10:11 Mon 09th Jul 20123 answers, last by slaney 08:58 Tue 10th Jul 2012

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