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bobbycollins

listener 4145

I posted a perfectly polite notice on the Times website creating a discussion about this week's puzzle - along the lines of: "I am getting a bit fed up with the preponderance of cartes blanches,...
18:31 Fri 08th Jul 2011100 answers, last by Walterloo 06:05 Thu 28th Jul 2011
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dr b

Listener 4146 What it Says by Waterloo

A pretty straightforward solve this week, as 6 or 8 cold solves revealed the likely method of entry. But, a well constructed puzzle, and a nice break after last week's brainbuster. Thank you Waterloo,...
19:14 Fri 15th Jul 201152 answers, last by borealis 11:49 Sun 24th Jul 2011
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midazolam

Listener 4144: Location, Location, Location by Shackleton

Despite only solving 2 of Shackleton's puzzles before (the Jackson Pollock puzzle and the Morse code/Beethoven prize winning puzzle of last year), I have been eagerly awaiting the next. This does not...
21:12 Fri 01st Jul 201177 answers, last by easterfool 01:23 Mon 11th Jul 2011
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Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4143: the Bottom Line by Charybdis

Not so much a Listener Crossword, more a plea for sanity. A neatly put together grid with an eye less to the difficulty of solving than to the transparency of the message. Nothing too difficult here -...
18:59 Fri 24th Jun 201140 answers, last by ichkeria 16:45 Mon 04th Jul 2011
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Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4142: Noye by Samuel

Is 12 across blessed with the correct clue? I've seen the same clue (31 across in this case) leading to a different answer on occasions, but I can only work out one single word answer which doesn't...
17:47 Fri 17th Jun 201180 answers, last by IainGrace 22:29 Mon 27th Jun 2011
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starwalker

Listener 4141 : Trailblazers by Dysart

Grid fill is proceding quite quickly and smoothly, especially when compared to last week. However, I know that this will rapidly slow down as I know nothing about either the two adversaries or the...
18:02 Fri 10th Jun 201184 answers, last by ichkeria 15:09 Tue 21st Jun 2011
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Zabadak

Listener 4140 "Jumping to Conclusion" by Sabre

Not even close yet: I have almost all the "outside" clues and most of the ones that start on the outside, but tracking them through the knight moves is pretty desperate at the moment. I'm...
22:33 Fri 03rd Jun 2011106 answers, last by the_heisman 23:14 Tue 14th Jun 2011
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AHearer

Listener 4139: An Unsettled Spell by Nutmeg

I spent a long time staring at a grid with the source filled in and a knowledge of the letters that had slipped before I started cracking the clues. Having basically solved it in the reverse order I...
22:06 Fri 27th May 2011111 answers, last by Philoctetes 19:37 Thu 09th Jun 2011
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midazolam

Listener 4137: Frightened Catherine by Ifor

An enjoyable Listener début from Ifor (although a setter that I have solved in the Magpie, EV and IQ). I was wondering why this needed to be a carte blanche as I was solving it, but the little...
20:41 Fri 13th May 201190 answers, last by ichkeria 14:25 Mon 23rd May 2011
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4133

No, not completed yet, but I have found the quotations and this changes from hard grind to pleasure.
20:23 Fri 15th Apr 201156 answers, last by perseverer 16:39 Fri 22nd Apr 2011
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midazolam

Listener 4105: Out to Work by Charybdis

Wow...this was great. OK not the most difficult of clues, but what a bundle of fun! Lots of thematic material, the real words making this an extremely clever construction (despite the lack of real...
21:52 Fri 24th Sep 201060 answers, last by JustinTime 08:50 Thu 30th Sep 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4073: Quartet by MynoT

I think we have turned a corner in terms of difficulty. Another outstanding grid construction. The lack of unches made the task easier once the quotation was got, but the way it all tied in together...
23:33 Fri 12th Feb 201072 answers, last by fancydan 10:41 Fri 19th Feb 2010

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