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emcee

Listener 4316: Delightful Punishment By Mynot

I've searched using several keywords but can't find another thread so ... This was a rewarding puzzle: once the penny drops you think, "yes, of course; why didn't I spot that earlier?" Many thanks...
20:17 Fri 17th Oct 201430 answers, last by IainGrace 19:42 Wed 22nd Oct 2014
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pjwillcox

Tls 1046

having trouble in bottom left: 16 d It's all Greek to those who thus conform (8) ?R?E?I?? and 26 a Within Kell's minor poet (6) I?S??? the two have their last letter in common. 26 a could begin with Y...
16:37 Fri 17th Oct 201412 answers, last by NC4BBQ 22:16 Fri 17th Oct 2014
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4315 Homer By Dysart

Very enjoyable, thanks, Dysart. I am just getting the scissors out to mutilate my grid (not as fiddly and worrying as I initially feared it might be!) Finding those ten letters missing from wordplay...
18:06 Fri 10th Oct 201431 answers, last by easterfool 00:35 Tue 21st Oct 2014
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4314 Renewable Energy By 'eck

What a brilliant use of the circular grid. This has been a remarkable piece of compiling and an extremely difficult puzzle which became easier as we progressed (suddenly dramatically so!)....
20:11 Fri 03rd Oct 201439 answers, last by olichant 13:01 Thu 09th Oct 2014
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djawhufc

Spectator 2181

Hi all Enjoy Dumpynose. Thanks again for your donations to MND. DJA...
08:11 Thu 25th Sep 20145 answers, last by AHearer 11:46 Thu 25th Sep 2014
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TheBear69

Listener 4311 - Carte Blanche By Chalicea

This is an excellent example of a carte blanche puzzle; thanks Chalicea! However, I think there are eight thematic clues, not seven......
19:55 Fri 12th Sep 201428 answers, last by EV_Solver 05:01 Fri 19th Sep 2014
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muckle-41

Crossword

two cardinals about to do some packing (4) ?T?? and - given and ideally shouldn't be paid back (8) ?E?T????
08:25 Fri 12th Sep 20142 answers, last by muckle-41 08:39 Fri 12th Sep 2014
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emcee

Listener 4310: Net Book Agreement By Charybdis

Oh dear ... another puzzle with straightforward clues. The endgame was more interesting, however. We must have a stinker coming up....
18:05 Fri 05th Sep 201449 answers, last by sunny-dave 16:25 Mon 15th Sep 2014
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mra1

Tls

Was bewailing its absence last week - now am cursing the last three clues! 22 Ac. Zeus was angered by his murder though not by the fleecing of his sister ??U?R?U??: 28 ac Tennessee Williams' hero...
18:27 Fri 05th Sep 201413 answers, last by bibblebub 20:22 Fri 05th Sep 2014
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jim360

Ev: Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 1138 -- Solvable Surely? By Ian And Steve

It took me a while to realise that this was going in a whole other direction from actual current EV setters! For a while in the middle, before making the breakthrough, my enthusiasm for the puzzle was...
16:55 Sun 31st Aug 20148 answers, last by Bobbibunny 12:13 Sat 06th Sep 2014
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AHearer

Listener 4309: Shades Of Green By Gos

Thanks to Gos for featuring one of my favourites. I did think, though, that many of the clues were Times Cryptic (or even the easy cryptic) standard rather than Listener. It must have been hard to get...
16:59 Fri 29th Aug 201441 answers, last by tbayliss 13:07 Wed 03rd Sep 2014
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trixie007

Mephisto

13a Soldiers good in practice exercises for hard labour (7) ?at?r??, 9d Times to look heavenward when time has passed (4) e???, please...
19:43 Tue 26th Aug 20148 answers, last by trixie007 19:59 Tue 26th Aug 2014
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Cagey

Ev 1136 Journey By Jaguar

Another good set of clues from Jaguar formed around a nice puzzle. Have had a children free weekend so it was a leisurely morning lie in (till 8.00! the luxury!) with some real coffee, a fried egg...
14:12 Sun 17th Aug 201410 answers, last by Christiana 21:14 Fri 22nd Aug 2014
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4307 - Spiral Of Salami And Walnuts By Wan

What a delight, on another theme about which I was previously ignorant. Would have been much tougher without the generosity of the setter. Particularly liked 33 down. Thanks Wan....
18:34 Fri 15th Aug 201440 answers, last by quarrel 00:53 Fri 29th Aug 2014
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upsetter

Listener 4306: Hosta La Vista By Dipper

All done, unless there are alternative (and possibly more interesting) meanings to the fourth and third last words of the instruction.
19:33 Fri 08th Aug 201431 answers, last by IainGrace 11:47 Sat 16th Aug 2014
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jim360

Ev: Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 1132 -- Another Game By Artix

I think I would have found this impossible without managing to have a lucky guess about who players 1 and 2 are, followed by another lucky guess about where the various empty squares should be. Both...
19:09 Sun 20th Jul 201418 answers, last by crosswhit99 23:55 Wed 06th Aug 2014
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jim360

Ev: Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 1131 -- The Journey South By Gila

Quite a tough puzzle I think, especially in the top half of the grid where I still have the odd gap, but the rest of it's come together nicely to reveal one of my favourite themes.Well actually I'm...
13:47 Sun 13th Jul 201416 answers, last by devadolly 10:54 Sun 20th Jul 2014
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neversaydie

Guardian 26310

1(a)Perhaps a few nods welcome the return of agreement in that poetical subject of uncertainty (3,5,2,4) I have t?e ?k?n? o? s?a?...
05:40 Sat 12th Jul 201415 answers, last by Altoego 08:18 Mon 14th Jul 2014
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mra1

Tls

Stuck on the last one ie 16down They are exemplified in the letters of Ms Godden A?C?N?E?S Can only thinkg of Asccenders or Accenters! Can anyone help please?
20:19 Fri 11th Jul 20143 answers, last by KathleenG 15:50 Sun 13th Jul 2014
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jadzia49

Genius 113

Just a few left of the confused clues. Can anyone help me with 1a. Rip pants by back of Lime Street station.
04:52 Fri 11th Jul 20145 answers, last by jadzia49 07:47 Fri 11th Jul 2014

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