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Listener 4097: Half-Thyme by Dipper

In a way typical of what we expect from Dipper, although harder than recent efforts. Initially a quick start developed into a much slower finish. I enjoyed tracking down the herbs but I thought the...
21:35 Fri 30th Jul 201085 answers, last by Mysterons 11:09 Thu 19th Aug 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4096: Some Assembly Required by Mr E

After part of the theme dawned on me half way through filling in the grid, i was thinking we were in for another stale ending. Luckily the ending took a fair amount of decoding, and it was very...
21:16 Fri 23rd Jul 201067 answers, last by IainGrace 20:39 Sun 01st Aug 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4085: Atom Smasher by Llig

Though there's another thread on on 4095, and I've contributed to it, this might help get the conversation started, though I suspect not a long one. There really isn't much to this (sorry Llig, and...
20:24 Fri 16th Jul 201051 answers, last by IainGrace 10:33 Sat 24th Jul 2010
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flobadob

How can you take a church seriously...?

The church of england is changing the rules to allow female bishops. I'm not saying that I'm for, or against this but what I am saying is how can you take a church seriously if they just keep changing...
10:07 Tue 13th Jul 201096 answers, last by flobadob 23:45 Thu 15th Jul 2010
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turnerjmw

Listener 4092 Misprinted Auditions by Bufo

An entertaining puzzle, much less difficult than it might appear at first glance. Thanks, Bufo
19:46 Fri 25th Jun 201054 answers, last by Zabadak 11:28 Tue 16th Nov 2010
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AHearer

Listener 4091: Mind the Gap by Calmac

17:25 Fri 18th Jun 201071 answers, last by S-matrix 08:01 Sat 26th Jun 2010
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starwalker

Listener 4089 Vive la Difference by Kevin

A very pleasant and enjoyable debut by Kevin. Some nice clues and a familiar theme which made me realise how quickly time passes. Possibly suitable for newcomers, but personally, I think that 32D is a...
18:49 Fri 04th Jun 2010105 answers, last by Mysterons 22:51 Sat 12th Jun 2010
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Philoctetes

Listener 4088 - Digimix by Oyler

Well, thank goodness we have a long weekend. I think I might need that to work out what the blazes the clues mean! I had one theory, but the rubric that all entries are different turned me towards a...
16:17 Fri 28th May 201093 answers, last by Philoctetes 15:14 Fri 04th Jun 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4086: Back Gate by Tiburon

My first listener from one of the Magpie team (talk about coincidences from last weeks magpie pitch). Obvious misprints made this fairly straightforward to start but tricky to finish. The theme...
21:16 Fri 14th May 201085 answers, last by IainGrace 20:17 Sat 22nd May 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4085: If I've Told You Once... by Ploy

Ploy gave us a relatively straightforward but interesting grid with "Signal Boxes" and it is the same this week. In fact there is more in the grid than needs to be highlighted. A very...
19:00 Fri 07th May 201068 answers, last by nigel2 10:50 Fri 14th May 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4083: Not as Mad as It Sounds? by Bandmaster

At first the high proportion of short words is a bit daunting - but for the most part the clues are fair, even if in one instance a little vulgarity (in my and Chambers' opinion) creeps in. A good...
23:22 Fri 23rd Apr 201070 answers, last by IainGrace 09:31 Sat 08th May 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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owllady

Oldham Cats Quiz

5 There can be only one (10) 6 Electrical weather phenomenon, film and song (2,5,4) 10 Purgatory with small male child (7) 11 A place of nightmares for babies(6,2,4) 12 Star of silver screen added to...
18:11 Sun 18th Apr 20108 answers, last by owllady 18:24 Sun 18th Apr 2010
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serpentinew

Listener 4081 Double Cross by Radix

Listener 4081 Double Cross by Radix - Two for the price of one this week. Certainly lives up to its title!
22:02 Fri 09th Apr 201055 answers, last by Mr Crossy 11:08 Sun 18th Apr 2010
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4079

This week's offering is Sine Qua Non by Shackleton. No one should panic that I have finished it already - I've only just read the preamble and feel the need for a lie down in a darkened room. No doubt...
19:09 Fri 26th Mar 2010129 answers, last by segue 23:02 Wed 07th Apr 2010
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Zabadak

Listener 4078: The Fragmentation of Reality by Lavatch

This one's a gem: don't be put off by the complex instructions or that fearsome 65,536 possible combinations: It all comes out well in the end. Good, fair clues, some lovely PDM's, and a satisfying...
19:10 Fri 19th Mar 201086 answers, last by cookie 14:04 Fri 26th Mar 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4076: Labour by Elint

Tough debut by Elint this week. Very good surface readings with definitions not always directly linked in Chambers, which I felt made it tougher. I was only mentioning a few weeks back that with the...
16:02 Sat 06th Mar 201045 answers, last by Mysterons 10:22 Tue 16th 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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midazolam

Listener 4073: Quartet by MynoT

I think we have turned a corner in terms of difficulty. Another outstanding grid construction. The lack of unches made the task easier once the quotation was got, but the way it all tied in together...
23:33 Fri 12th Feb 201072 answers, last by fancydan 10:41 Fri 19th Feb 2010
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midazolam

Listener 4072: The Isolated Word by Ten-Four

I am glad there was no dilemmas here (which was the case for me in "A New Year Message" 2008). As with all of the year's listeners so far, the grid was fairly easy easy to fill, but the...
20:54 Fri 05th Feb 201066 answers, last by catstail 12:10 Thu 11th Feb 2010

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