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Listener 4710 - Surprised By Sabre

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sunny-dave | 18:51 Sat 07th May 2022 | Crosswords
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Wow - we were due a difficult one, and this really delivered.

A Carte Blanche with precious few ways in, and Sabre's usual convoluted (if always fair) clues made for a *very* slow start.

Eventually a PDM and then a lucky guess at a couple of grid entries gave me a toe-hold - then it was a matter of grinding out the answers and resolving a few tricky bits.

Even with just two clues to solve and three letters needed to fill the grid it wouldn't give up - that took me over half an hour to finish off.

Tough Stuff indeed - thanks Sabre
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Tough, yes, but far from being one of the master's toughest. I started yesterday around noon and completed it today. A tough Sabre will take me several days to finish.
At one point it looked insoluble, and I lost heart, but then the PDM sunny-dave refers to. After that it was a steady solve, grinding away at the remaining clues. I should have got one of the last four unsolved clues far earlier. Brilliantly misleading, as are several others. As a whole, the clues here demonstrate Sbre at his best.
We are less than half way, Dave but posting to give the thread a little critical mass.
That should have been "Sabre at his best", not 'Sbre'.
I had cold-solved all but 13 clues before I was able to enter anything into the grid. I think it's fair to say those clues would remain unsolved had I not done so.

Tough -- I certainly don't think it's an easier Sabre from the point of view of the clueing!

Thanks to the setter. I'm glad it's done.

The toughest for a while, for sure. I needed to cold-solve 28 Sabre stinkers before I could start entering them, but then thankfully it was an easy ride to the finish.

I found one across clue led to two perfectly good answers - did it catch anyone else out?

Congratulations again to those who sailed through this one, and many thanks to Sabre for the challenge!
I'm still recovering from last week's marathon effort (for me), and given that I've only managed to cold solve 9 clues so far I'm not minded to spend much more time on this.

It looks nigh impossible so my admiration goes out to anyone completing it.
Definitely tough, but slowly working my way through clues of this calibre was such a joy. Thanks, Sabre - a masterclass, but no surprise there!
After the PDM we were surprised how quickly it all fell into place although we did rely on an significant nudge from Ruth Robin.
Many beautifully misleading clues.
Finally done, although there a few clues I can't parse and one answer that I don't understand at all, but hey! A real tussle

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