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bellabee

ev 955

i really enjoyed this one. it displays great skill in setting i think. just a pity the 5x5 was given away when it would have been an interesting challenge to find it unaided. the anagram is really...
13:41 Sun 20th Feb 201125 answers, last by turast 03:34 Thu 24th Feb 2011
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dr b

Listener 4125 Elementary Number Theory by Oyler

Elementary, indeed. An easily guessed theme as far as resolving the ambiguities is concerned, leading to a very quick grid fill. The most interesting thing about it was checking the statements against...
22:32 Fri 18th Feb 201176 answers, last by S-matrix 01:45 Fri 04th Mar 2011
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Zabadak

Listener 4124 Travel Guide by Aedites

Much more fun for me this week, challenging but not daunting. It gets much easier once the theme is grasped, but the final straight line takes a bit of spotting. One of those which manages to be...
19:20 Fri 11th Feb 201186 answers, last by tilbee 20:00 Sun 20th Feb 2011
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gullman

Spectator 2000 Grid B

Just wanted to check what to highlight in grid B. I'm thinking maybe the whole of the 2 clues linked together starting with M , i.e. 9a and 16a? Am I correct please?
09:46 Sun 06th Feb 20114 answers, last by contendo 15:49 Wed 09th Feb 2011
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Cruncher

Listener 4122, Heart by Phi

Thought I'd start a thread for one. Rather relieved that the Friday club are quite on this one. Have a smattering of answers but a long way to go. Happy solving all!
10:40 Sat 29th Jan 2011102 answers, last by borealis 23:02 Wed 09th Feb 2011
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mintyman99

Spectator 2000 Saturday February 5th 2011

http://www.spectator....6448/crossword-TG.pdf...
08:33 Thu 03rd Feb 201158 answers, last by oldenburg 13:43 Sun 13th Feb 2011
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starwalker

Listener 4123 Les Six by Raich

Not finished yet, but the grid fill is going smoothly, the theme has been cracked and therefore some reverse solving can take place,but, the rugby is beckoning. Certainly one for beginners and...
19:49 Fri 04th Feb 201154 answers, last by ichkeria 15:11 Thu 24th Feb 2011
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4120, Cross Country by MynnoT

Am I destined to start another thread or are all the friends hiding somewhere else? What a great and well-set challenge this has been. The light has just dawned regarding the theme and how to obey the...
23:27 Fri 14th Jan 2011105 answers, last by contendo 16:58 Mon 24th Jan 2011
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4121 To ... by Navajo

To save RR the bother, I will start the thread this week. I haven't finished yet, but with a full and fairly easy grid fill, that just leaves the usual preamble and whatever potential disaster is...
18:47 Fri 21st Jan 201181 answers, last by JackDeCrow 00:37 Fri 28th Jan 2011
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4119 Mass Production by Hedge-Sparrow

Good to have a circular one for a change. I am thoroughly enjoying this - right up my street, though some of the products are elusive - not surprisingly!
21:09 Fri 07th Jan 201159 answers, last by IainGrace 23:16 Sun 16th Jan 2011
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AHearer

Listener 4118: Auf Wiedersehen by Loda

I'm delighted to see that there is, after all, a Listener this week, and glad I signed up to the on-line service as our local newsagent does not open on New Year's Day. It's a nice puzzle, but prompts...
21:20 Fri 31st Dec 201046 answers, last by teuchter2 21:01 Mon 10th Jan 2011
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Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4117 Great Expectations by Samuel

Not finished yet, but I've got grid B, so I know two things already. There's an awful lot of pretty close to cold solving in Grid A, and I've got to get a bigger print out to have any kind of chance...
00:25 Sat 18th Dec 201086 answers, last by Clamzy 14:58 Thu 30th Dec 2010
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4116 - A(nother) Game of 1 by Glow-worm

Although I am nowhere near finished, the grid-fill seems fairly straightforward. Despite the very long preamble, I am not expecting any major problems, so please can we try to keep any hints to an...
18:32 Fri 10th Dec 2010106 answers, last by Mysterons 08:45 Wed 22nd Dec 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4115: Invisible Ink II by Sabre

Invisible Ink was back in 1995, before I started solving the listener, however I have solved a few of Sabre's puzzles, who often uses ciphers and this is no exception. The grid filling started off...
21:02 Fri 03rd Dec 201074 answers, last by Philoctetes 12:48 Tue 14th Dec 2010
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cluelessJoe

Listener 4113 Liberty Bell by Pieman

Phew, that was a tough one
12:11 Sat 20th Nov 2010119 answers, last by IainGrace 23:00 Tue 30th Nov 2010
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Philoctetes

Listener 4114 - Three Square by Elap

No - I haven't quite finished it yet. Still, one of the joys of a Listener comes when you learn something new, and primitive triangles are new to me. I assume that the numbers in the threes are also...
17:18 Fri 26th Nov 2010127 answers, last by josuecuginguilua 20:51 Fri 08th Oct 2021
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Zabadak

Listener 4112: Girl by Xanthippe

Really, really laugh-out-loud funny crossword, worth all the struggle through the barless grid and the decent, twisty set of clues. Goodness knows what form you're supposed to submit it in, but no...
23:39 Fri 12th Nov 201096 answers, last by Philoctetes 12:43 Tue 23rd Nov 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4111: News Quiz by Stan

Another relatively gentle start to the week (if I've got it right, that is). I'm not sure the question revealed by the corrected letters is properly answered by the final grid, which is where I have...
19:33 Fri 05th Nov 201045 answers, last by Clamzy 14:06 Fri 12th Nov 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4110: Contractions by Hubris

What a delightful piece of work, on a theme that I've been playing around with myself and which I will now have to shelve. Some of the thematics led to a lot of head scratching on the grounds that I...
18:10 Fri 29th Oct 201063 answers, last by Mysterons 16:56 Fri 05th Nov 2010
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kayakamina

EV 939: An Impassable Door by Shark

Phew! I found this one a brute after a run of fairly easy EVs. Had to stretch the mind back half a century to my classics days and I hope it came easier for other EVers....
18:42 Sun 31st Oct 201047 answers, last by 9071asg 12:57 Thu 04th Nov 2010

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