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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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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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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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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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starwalker

Listener 4108 - Past and Present by Emkay

Lovely whilst it lasted. Definitely one for beginners and newcomers. Sadly, it leaves me without an excuse for Mrs Starwalker's grand garden redesign tomorrow....
17:18 Fri 15th Oct 201053 answers, last by cookie 22:36 Thu 21st Oct 2010
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4106 A Change of Clothing by Elgin

A step up in difficulty here. We've floundered our way to a complete grid with crime fighters, an item of clothing and a set of villains, though I am not sure which one is the appropriate one to...
20:47 Fri 01st Oct 201092 answers, last by trux 06:42 Tue 12th Oct 2010
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dr b

Listener 4102 Something's Brewing by Poat

Do I get to call firsties this week? I thought this was a nice puzzle. It was a lot easier to get the keyword than I thought it might be, and once you have that everything falls into place pretty...
22:59 Fri 03rd Sep 201057 answers, last by Mysterons 23:43 Sat 11th Sep 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4100: Table-turning by Kea

This is what the listener is all about. As soon as I saw Kea's name at the top I knew this was going to be good. This was a real challenge, the like we have been missing recently. Masterful...
00:17 Sat 21st Aug 2010110 answers, last by Zabadak 20:19 Fri 10th Sep 2010
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Eril

Speccy 1220

Indicated 'sheeded'? (5) ?H?WN shewn? shown? What is this 'sheeded' bit?...
11:25 Wed 18th Aug 20103 answers, last by hammersgirl 11:40 Wed 18th Aug 2010
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Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4099: Double Devilry by Pointer

A nice challenge and a clever construction, but as you can see, a quick finish. I'm interested to know whether others see what to do before or after discerning the 10 letter word. Cheers to Pointer,...
17:37 Fri 13th Aug 201089 answers, last by pjw23444 13:51 Mon 15th Nov 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4098: Language Balancing by Schadenfreude

A fine piece of craftsmanship from Schadenfreude: I especially like the fact that "altered words consist only of real words" after a few recently that have included gibberish in the finished...
19:21 Fri 06th Aug 201049 answers, last by mullingar 19:46 Sat 21st Aug 2010
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4090 Refrain by Dysart

An evocative theme from our childhood this week and some very ingenious clues. Tougher than last week, we thought.
19:49 Fri 11th Jun 201057 answers, last by Eril 20:56 Mon 21st Jun 2010
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Eril

Times 19130

Colour, having Tess 23 (6) - A - D - R (or maybe - unclear) Colour, having Tess 2 3 (6) 23 is 'sense'; 2 is 'startling' & 3 is 'get-up'...
16:51 Fri 18th Jun 20109 answers, last by Eril 17:41 Fri 18th Jun 2010
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Eril

Guardian 23780

Land of soul with money, in others' words (7) AMERICA Searched the internet, but can't find that quote (is it a quote?). There is a track called 'land of soul' by Dusty Groove - is that something to...
10:08 Tue 20th Apr 20102 answers, last by Eril 17:44 Tue 20th Apr 2010
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Eril

Guardian 23685

16 For C F# playing after isinglass is produced (4-5) Answer: FISH-SCRAP 'fish-scrap' is what is left after isinglass is produced - but I can't see how the wordplay works - thoughts anyone?...
17:31 Sun 18th Apr 20103 answers, last by Eril 10:01 Tue 20th Apr 2010
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Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4082

This is a terrific technical challenge, with some fine and fair cluing. It made my head spin towards the end, and I suspect transcription into the final grid is going to be particularly prone to...
22:23 Fri 16th Apr 201076 answers, last by Mysterons 15:48 Sat 24th Apr 2010
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Mctavish

Daily Mail Wednesday

Last one but not sure 10a Beaten copper with fine iron and diamonds (6) ?U?F?D Is it CUFFED ?
17:00 Wed 14th Apr 20103 answers, last by Mctavish 17:04 Wed 14th Apr 2010
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Eril

Sunday Times 4176

Being square, play around with detachment (8) S - U - D - O - Looks like 'SQUADRON', but can't see the word play - square=quad? play=no?...
17:36 Sun 21st Mar 20103 answers, last by Eril 18:08 Sun 21st Mar 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4077 Forced Entry by Mr Lemon

I'm not sure what the protocol is for starting a Listener thread, so I hope nobody minds if I leap in. I thought this was a nice, accesible run around, more an impressive piece of construction than a...
22:30 Fri 12th Mar 201027 answers, last by Eril 17:31 Sun 21st Mar 2010
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Philoctetes

Listener 4075 - Square bashing by Arden

Hoorah - numbers. Again one must marvel at the construction. There are some fairly obvious approaches, but I have not ventured into the hinterland much. I do hope the required clues give a...
20:39 Fri 26th Feb 201052 answers, last by Philoctetes 09:19 Wed 10th Mar 2010

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