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midazolam

Listener Crosswordno 4391: 22Ses Square By Tibea

Lovely puzzle by the Listener editors (Tiburon and Kea). Impressive to think these excerpts were published in the paper. I was thinking as I was solving it that I am still in need of a cryptic clue,...
19:46 Fri 25th Mar 201636 answers, last by tbayliss 01:50 Sun 03rd Apr 2016
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mikey4444

Eu Referendum: Leaving Eu A 'leap In The Dark' Says Cameron

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35634239 As time goes on, I am having more and more respect for dave. In fact, I am going to capitalise him from today onward ! This will, of...
22:29 Mon 22nd Feb 201638 answers, last by Hypognosis 10:01 Sun 28th Feb 2016
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fyellin

Listener No. 4377: Russian Roulette By Rasputin

A very entertaining and well-constructed puzzle. Hard to believe how much the setter fit into such a small space. One minor quibble. The thematic subject of the puzzle, as described by its Wikipedia...
23:14 Fri 18th Dec 201538 answers, last by AHearer 23:56 Sat 26th Dec 2015
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perseverer

Listener 4358 The Other Letter By Wan

Can't find an earlier post. Quite a challenge from Wan with some tricky wordplays and misprints/extra letters. Highlighting not too difficult if you have an idea where to look. Thanks to Wan...
11:06 Sat 08th Aug 201525 answers, last by IainGrace 17:42 Fri 14th Aug 2015
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Ripper

Inquisitor 1383

I'm getting nowhere with this one, although I love a pub crawl! Please could some kind person kick-start me with some help with1 across: Drinking very warm, foul beer? Lord, this is the end! (11, 2...
09:29 Mon 27th Apr 201514 answers, last by NickorWan 06:09 Thu 30th Apr 2015
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sunny-dave

Listener 4333 - Discussion And Appreciation

Listener No. 4333 - In the Event of Fire by Flying Tortoise This thread is for the traditional 'elliptical' discussion, comments and thanks to the setter. If you want to participate in a more direct...
17:01 Fri 13th Feb 201572 answers, last by Scorpius 12:18 Fri 20th Feb 2015
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dieseldick

Spots All Around Back Of My Scalp

just noticed a lot of spots around back of my scalp, only thing i can think of is the water i wash my hair with or if i was in bath 2 days ago and was lying in water with that area on the water line,...
09:09 Thu 11th Dec 20146 answers, last by NickorWan 09:38 Thu 11th Dec 2014
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tandh

Fitting A New Toilet Where A Old One Used To Be

I want to install a new toilet (with the down pipe going into the wall) where a old style toilet (with the down pipe going into the floor) was. Is there any way i can do this? And what would I need to...
21:08 Mon 27th Oct 20143 answers, last by alavahalf 14:58 Fri 31st Oct 2014
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4315 Homer By Dysart

Very enjoyable, thanks, Dysart. I am just getting the scissors out to mutilate my grid (not as fiddly and worrying as I initially feared it might be!) Finding those ten letters missing from wordplay...
18:06 Fri 10th Oct 201431 answers, last by easterfool 00:35 Tue 21st Oct 2014
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4307 - Spiral Of Salami And Walnuts By Wan

What a delight, on another theme about which I was previously ignorant. Would have been much tougher without the generosity of the setter. Particularly liked 33 down. Thanks Wan....
18:34 Fri 15th Aug 201440 answers, last by quarrel 00:53 Fri 29th Aug 2014
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crosswhit99

Listener 4268

23 down must be ANT as it appears in ???ant???, but why ? I can see the wordplay ANT(I) and that it's a social insect, but why only one in some Amazon societies ? The whole clue is as follows: Endless...
10:17 Wed 20th Nov 201313 answers, last by shoota 23:11 Sat 07th Dec 2013
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NickorWan

Ev 1069 Greetings...farewell By Rustic

I didn’t see this puzzle first time around so it was a pleasure to solve it now. It was very gentle without clue gimmicks and set no doubt as an introduction for solvers not used to barred puzzles....
12:57 Sun 05th May 201317 answers, last by devadolly 15:17 Tue 07th May 2013
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NickorWan

Inquisitor 1279

Quite brilliant I thought and one of my favourites for some time. I had an inkling what was going on from a couple of answers but the endgame still pleased me. Thanks very much Charybdis
10:14 Sun 28th Apr 201310 answers, last by x_word_fan 16:22 Mon 29th Apr 2013
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dr b

Ev 1067 Top And Tail By Wan

Much like last week, a perfectly fine puzzle with no end game to speak of; what to do was readily apparent so it was just a matter of identifying the nature of each clue. Still, many good clues that...
16:58 Sun 21st Apr 20139 answers, last by NickorWan 17:25 Thu 25th Apr 2013
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emcee

Listener 4233: Elementary By Wan

Good grief, I can't believe I'm starting this thread off! I thought this was an excellent puzzle by Wan. Very clever how the clues read on the surface and still produce real words after the...
21:49 Fri 15th Mar 201352 answers, last by NickorWan 03:44 Tue 02nd Apr 2013
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Texasetes

Listener 4222 - 27 By Mango

A very entertaining puzzle which I couldn't put down: a nicely cryptic preamble, some tricky (but fair) clues, an excellent grid and an endgame which had me beaming. The general theme became apparent...
05:38 Sat 29th Dec 201267 answers, last by NickorWan 10:19 Sun 20th Jan 2013
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Twit-Who

EV1037 - Men Are Fools by Won

This puzzle is a real challenge and I think it might just defeat me despite having had a full grid for some time. I'm just not getting how to replace the 10 + 2 letters at all. Perhaps a break might...
15:51 Sun 23rd Sep 201210 answers, last by crosswhit99 21:06 Sun 30th Sep 2012

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