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Listener 4541 - Doing The Rounds By Extent

This was an interesting challenge - easy to get off to a flying start but I got quite bogged down in the 12-letter answers. The grid structure and the format of the Round clues were new to me, which...
23:02 Fri 08th Feb 20197 answers, last by upsetter 14:51 Sat 16th Feb 2019
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Listener 4539 Removal By Gos

A short preamble often causes the most bewilderment - and so it proved for the first hour or so of my solve of this crossword. Then I was very fortunate to solve two of one type and two of the other...
15:26 Sat 26th Jan 20192 answers, last by kdgs2 15:27 Sat 26th Jan 2019
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Listener 4538 Joint Conditions By Awinger

I really enjoyed this one, the theme revealed itself early enough to be a great help in dealing with clashes. Lots and lots of thematic material throughout. Nice to see a new setter too - thanks...
19:55 Fri 18th Jan 20198 answers, last by emcee 11:25 Mon 28th Jan 2019
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Listener 4528 Escapee By Dysart

An interesting treatment of a theme that I happened to come across not 4 hours ago, which certainly helped in identifying what was going on. This felt like a classic solid Listener, with plenty...
02:09 Sat 10th Nov 201810 answers, last by 12barblues 15:19 Wed 14th Nov 2018
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Listener 4526 Quads Iii By Shark

One word: wow! This was an incredible construction on a par with the original Quads from 2015. The subterfuge of the mutilated definitions was a new one for me, and each stage of solving was a...
23:53 Fri 26th Oct 201813 answers, last by Warden 17:59 Sun 04th Nov 2018
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Listener 4518 - Game Box By Poat

I was absolutely loving this crossword, but then got to the point where I'd completed the grid, used exactly the letters given and identified exactly ten targets of the specific kind - but only used...
00:01 Sat 01st Sep 20187 answers, last by sunny-dave 22:10 Sun 16th Sep 2018
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Listener 4516 - A Defter Premier By Arden

Maybe I happened to stumble on a good place to start solving this, but having rather slogged my way through the last numerical, this one was much closer to plain sailing. My preconceptions about what...
19:25 Fri 17th Aug 201810 answers, last by icynorth 11:49 Tue 21st Aug 2018
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Listener 4511: Death In The Afternoon By Little Hare

Well that was a nice straightforward puzzle this week. I particularly liked the clueing this time round - my favourite being 20 across. Some of the misprints were very well hidden too. Thanks Little...
20:07 Fri 13th Jul 201812 answers, last by emcee 20:22 Sat 14th Jul 2018
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Listener 4505: Wiggles By Sabre

This had all the elements to make it extremely daunting: Sabre - check; unconventional grid - check; long, complicated preamble - check! And it lived up to its billing. How does Sabre manage to make...
17:41 Sat 02nd Jun 201810 answers, last by tnap 16:33 Tue 05th Jun 2018
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Listener 4501 - Two Solutions By Quinapalus

After being too tired to make much progress on this last night, I made the most of a delayed flight this morning and got there in the end (in both senses!). This was a clever construction, with mostly...
10:52 Sat 05th May 201817 answers, last by olichant 14:13 Thu 10th May 2018
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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...
01:57 Sat 14th Apr 201823 answers, last by sunny-dave 11:29 Fri 04th May 2018
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Listener 4496: Ilam By Mynot

This was quite tricky to make progress with lots of cold-solving required, but the penny dropped in about three stages with a final satisfying clang. Another puzzle contributing to the high quality of...
00:24 Sat 31st Mar 201818 answers, last by vetuste_ennemi 04:35 Wed 04th Apr 2018
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Listener 4495: An Exchange Of Letters By Harribobs

A clever treatment of, for me, an unfamiliar theme. It's scarcely possible to believe that the letter changes in the grid can exist and give the required text. I really liked several of the across...
22:45 Fri 23rd Mar 201817 answers, last by Hagen 13:43 Wed 28th Mar 2018
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Saturday Times The Listener 4473 - Hit And Run By Ifor Friday October 20Th 2017

Surprised again not to find anyone else here already. This was quite fiddly, and I still haven’t parsed all of the clues for the extra letters. I *think* I understand the second instruction, but...
23:08 Fri 20th Oct 201720 answers, last by Hagen 09:31 Thu 26th Oct 2017
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Times Listener No 4468 - Hide-And-Seek By Charybdis

Quite surprised to be the first one here. A daunting preamble for sure, but I decided just to start solving and see where it got me. A lovely series of penny drops later, a satisfying solve. Thanks...
20:37 Fri 15th Sep 201720 answers, last by Scree 15:01 Mon 18th Sep 2017
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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.
18:01 Fri 28th Jul 201718 answers, last by olichant 09:36 Wed 02nd Aug 2017
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Listener 4460: Four And A Half...? By Sabre

As I mentioned in the other thread last night, I expected a challenge from Sabre and got one! Went to bed with a full grid and no idea how to resolve, but it came pretty quickly this morning. The...
09:01 Sat 22nd Jul 20171 answer, last by fyellin 20:03 Sat 22nd Jul 2017
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Listener 4395: 6 Across By Shackleton

I thought I might be in for a bit of grid-staring, but the penny dropped after about half an hour. The amount of thematic material and the construction of the messages is most impressive. A worthy...
22:54 Fri 22nd Apr 201625 answers, last by sunny-dave 22:44 Tue 10th May 2016
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Listener 4389: Teeing Off By Nutmeg

A very satisfying puzzle this one, and thankfully easier to make inroads into than last week's. Everything fell into place quite quickly once I had enough answers to have a go at grid entry. I like...
00:42 Sat 12th Mar 201626 answers, last by Whenland 20:05 Sun 20th Mar 2016
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Listener No. 4368 - The Name Of The Game By Harribobs

Chapeau Harribobs - some thankfully gentle clueing after the trials of last week led to a jaw-dropping endgame. Although very obviously signposted by the preamble, the way the final construction...
23:06 Fri 16th Oct 20151 answer, last by perseverer 13:54 Sat 17th Oct 2015

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