Listener 4865 Location Location By Arcadia

[HawkCrossword]

Well, this knocks all circular puzzles that came before it into the proverbial cocked hat. Everything about it was just so inventive and quirky. I loved it. Thanks, Arcadia.

[emcee]

Very nice indeed. Generally tough clues but some valuable PDMs saved time along the way. 

Many thanks, Arcadia.

 

[upsetter]

Finally managed to stumble over the line having made a slight mistake entering one of the jumbles.

In full agreement with Hawk.

Thanks, Arcadia.

[Cruncher]

That was great fun. Felt so stupid at how long it took me to tumble to the significance of the thematic names, and even longer to figure out what to do with the central circle. Should have gone to Specsavers

[perseverer]

There were plenty of pennies to drop and Arcadia provided plenty of hints, so not his fault if I failed to spot them more quickly, but it was very satisfying to finally get the grid filled, do the rotations and find it all worked out. My very limited knowledge of the thematic location didn't help, but even if I had had that knowlege, there would still have been some brilliant clues to get the better of.

Thanks, Arcadia, for an excellent puzzle.

[Cruncher]

Off topic but has anyone sent in a request for their personal statistics? I sent an SAE a few weeks ago but haven't heard anything back and see that the details have since been taken off the weekly puzzles.

[HawkCrossword]

I'm still waiting too. I'm not too bothered, but it would be nice to know that it's still in hand, and they should probably post a message under the next puzzle if it's going to be much longer.

[Keepatit]

Puzzle of the year for me. Could someone explain why anyone who requires and seeks help before submitting their solutions has any interest in their annual record? I see it on various forums. It's like submitting someone else's homework, surely? Anyone who looks at an online forum before submitting is cheating, pure and simple. It makes a nonsense of the statistics, and the only person they are fooling is themselves. Have ethical standards changed that much? 

[HawkCrossword]

I can't answer for others - folks here neither seek nor receive help - but it's good to know which puzzles I failed and why. I'm aware of the all-correct list of solvers, but I've never managed that feat - often through sloppy transcribing from my rough copy to the newspaper grid. I like to send the puzzle in each week as it shows my support for this series, but I'm not bothered about getting 100% of them correct. The nearest I came was when I got 52 correct, but was thwarted by it being a 53-week year!

[Keepatit]

Thanks Hawk, finding out where you went wrong is an interesting perspective I hadn't appreciated. I'm lazy and a careless transcriber, and already own all the prizes, so I don't submit. But I make it a rule never to read anything or discuss the puzzle until I’m happy I’ve completed and parsed everything. That does mean I miss occasional published corrections. It is several years since I failed, to my eye, but I imagine the marker might not agree! Most unlucky on the 53 week year, btw.

[olichant]

I understand that the new checker has a bit of a backlog, but it's in hand.

Lovely puzzle, this one.

 

[HawkCrossword]

I received my Listener stats this morning, so they're on their way! 

Not a vintage year, though - four errors this time.