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pomona
12a Master command running others primarily (5) 27d Did she once lead good man astray? (8) 28 Precious material's elevating spirit over waterway (8) Crossers won't help as answers are modified before...
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AHearer
Nice straightforward clues, and a theme that never fails to raise a smile. Familiarity with the theme, guessed early, made is possible to see where some clashes were going to be before both...
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tilbee
An excellent challenge from Sabre, and certainly had to use all the available information to make headway on this. Full quotation and author only revealing itself right at the end.
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judypark
I have a completed grid albeit the bottom entry 6 & 6 that is related to the theme. The letters I have are M O O N T E G O T B, I am two letters missing from 38 and 39 across. A gentle shove in the...
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upsetter
All done, unless there are alternative (and possibly more interesting) meanings to the fourth and third last words of the instruction.
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AHearer
Well, I paid my subscription in the end, and a puzzle like this makes it worth while. Mind you, I don't know how anybody could complete it without an early PDM allowing almost 3/4 of the grid to be...
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starwalker
Wonderful puzzle and beautifully implemented on a personally favourite theme. Thank you so much Hedge-sparrow
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emcee
Searching this site hasn't found any other threads for this puzzle, so here goes! I thought this was the toughest puzzle for some time. It took me several hours last night before the penny finally...
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TheBear69
Thanks, Pointer, for an absolutely superb Listener. Maybe POTY......
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Ripper
I've filled in the grid (and spotted many references to the milestone) I've got the rhetorical question. But now I'm completely stuck! "each of four answers describes a pair of others etc....." I've...
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trux
Have mixed feelings about this as some elements are truly very fine indeed but there seem to be a few inconsistencies in the details. For a long while, I imagined something more magnificent (maybe...
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trux
Wowee! Amazing stuff, but really hard to fathom initially and then, and then...all of it starts to fall into place ... pause ... think again ... think again ... Eureka!! A joy, Mr Lavatch. Many, many...
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Zabadak
Persuaded out of a Listener sabbatical by the early posting on the website, I worked my way through this (thankfully) relatively straightforward issue at a steady pace and with just enough enthusiasm....
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trux
Sheer joy! And wholly agree with her sentiments....skilfully put together, and with many a clever clue amongst them (particularly liked 32a and 17d). As ever, gridfill speeds up after PDM and with...

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