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Listener 4602 - Ahead Of The Game By Apt

Another Friday-nighter, but by no means easy. Some nice cluing and a clever treatment of a popular trope. Happy Easter, everyone - stay safe...

icynorth

Listener Crossword No 4595 Equality By Elap

Am I the first? I’m simply astounded by the result. Number theory is just an amazing thing to delve - thanks Elap. And a decent pen/paper/calculator one, too! Although my final checking was reliant...

IainGrace

Listener 4575

An enjoyable workout, albeit that we spotted the thematic words virtually from the off. Back to finish off 4574, having been away most of the week.

perseverer

Listener Crossword No 4574 Well-Spoken By Miles

Thanks to Miles, another setter new to the Listener? The grid-fill was mostly straightforward, but there were some clever and imaginative clues. I have the theme, though I still haven't quite...

perseverer

Listener Crossword No 4573 Jean's Stuff By Schadenfreude

A fine final Listener from one of the master setters. He will be missed. Perhaps not his most difficult, but I should have realised the theme more quickly. Some well concealed misprints meant I did...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4543 Migratory Birds By Malva

Lots of people are having trouble finding it. If you go onto the HOME page of the crossword club site and scroll down to The Listener, you can find it there.

kdgs2

Listener 4498 - Name That Tune By The Ace Of Hearts

Normally I'm a bit wary of circular grids, but with some fortunate early clue solves I stumbled on the theme, including all of the message from the hidden letters. It's an understatement to say that...

Contrarian

Listener 4464 The Properties Of Numbers Ii By Piccadilly

Absolutely incredible feat to make the set of statements apply both to the numbers and their associated entries. Unfortunately for me, though, I can't see a solution. Having reached an impasse, I...

kdgs2

Listener 4461: Dilemma By Aedites

A gentler test than last week, that's for sure. The penny dropped with most of the right hand side of the grid filled - a nice treatment of a familiar theme.

Contrarian

Listener 4457 Polo By Apt

Apologies if this is not the first thread. I couldn't see an earlier one. This was quite straightforward, but right up my street. Thanks Apt....

Ruthrobin

Listener 4456 Shady Characters By Malva

After quite a long grid stare the light has just dawned - with a smile, of course. When will I learn to read the preamble more carefully! We found some of Malva's clues quite a challenge but are going...

midazolam

Listener 4451 Numerical Playfair By Zag

Typical Zag, original concept. Not my cup of tea (but then numericals aren't), but appreciate the way it was constructed to an unambiguous gridfill.

AHearer

Listener No 4449: Whoppers By Nutmeg

Having discarded my pun-rich first draft of my posting, which would have broken our self-imposed rules, I'll confine myself to thanking Nutmeg for an entertaining puzzle. Nice accessible clues, but...

TheBear69

Listener No. 4448: Get Me Out Of Here! By Nemo

Absolutely first rate! Thanks, Nemo! The construction is quite amazing, especially when one considers how hard it must have been to insure a unique solution. The amount of thematic material in the...

Encota

Listener 4438

What a fabulous puzzle by Oyler and a superb tribute to the original Rhombus - delightful. I sat in trepidation when checking that the perimeter values were perfect squares - and was relieved to find...

AHearer

Listener No. 4434: Addresses By Kevgar

Now that I'm done, I'm embarrassed at how long it took me -- I was trying to sort out the first line of the address as I went along, and the P didn't D until right at the end. Many thanks, KevGar,...

olichant

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,...

AHearer

Listener No. 4433: Yes You Can By Atlas

The year is still young, and already we have a new setter: welcome, Atlas. I found this trickier than I expected, with some of the incorrect letters hard to spot even when I had the entry, and...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4432

We really struggled with the method of entry until the message helped us. Thank you to Schadenfreude for a really challenging first puzzle of the year.

Ruthrobin

Listener 4431

A lovely bit of fun for the last of the year. Thanks to Lavatch

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Listener 4602 - Ahead Of The Game By Apt

Listener Crossword No 4595 Equality By Elap

Listener 4575

Listener Crossword No 4574 Well-Spoken By Miles

Listener Crossword No 4573 Jean's Stuff By Schadenfreude

Listener No 4543 Migratory Birds By Malva

Listener 4498 - Name That Tune By The Ace Of Hearts

Listener 4464 The Properties Of Numbers Ii By Piccadilly

Listener 4461: Dilemma By Aedites

Listener 4457 Polo By Apt

Listener 4456 Shady Characters By Malva

Listener 4451 Numerical Playfair By Zag

Listener No 4449: Whoppers By Nutmeg

Listener No. 4448: Get Me Out Of Here! By Nemo

Listener 4438

Listener No. 4434: Addresses By Kevgar

2016 In Listeners

Listener No. 4433: Yes You Can By Atlas

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