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Listener 4577 - The Gaudy

A brisk romp through some neat (but not too taxing) clues and then a mercifully brief grid stare - another entry-level Listener, but a very pleasant one. Thanks Paddock - plenty of time now for the...

IainGrace

Listener 4575

An enjoyable workout, albeit that we spotted the thematic words virtually from the off. Back to finish off 4574, having been away most of the week.

perseverer

Listener Crossword No 4574 Well-Spoken By Miles

Thanks to Miles, another setter new to the Listener? The grid-fill was mostly straightforward, but there were some clever and imaginative clues. I have the theme, though I still haven't quite...

Hagen

Listener 4574 Well-Spoken By Miles

I was surprised how quickly (by my standards anyway) I completed the grid, but of course that was the easy part. When I looked the theme up I had to check several times that I had the English page for...

perseverer

Listener Crossword No 4573 Jean's Stuff By Schadenfreude

A fine final Listener from one of the master setters. He will be missed. Perhaps not his most difficult, but I should have realised the theme more quickly. Some well concealed misprints meant I did...

Cruncher

Listener Crossword 4572 - Don't Tell By Poat

Daresay I'm not the first to post on this but happy to have assembled a full grid with a reasonable hunch of what the final highlighting will need to reveal but as yet to tackle the final stage....

emcee

Listener Crossword No. 4571 International Standards Organisation By Harribobs

(I don't think there's an existent thread) This was a very neat puzzle and, mercifully, the clues were far easier than last week's puzzle. Nevertheless, there were some tricky clues... The endgame was...

Contrarian

Listener Crossword No. 4569 Bearskin By Elap

Lovely puzzle by Elap. Probably slightly easier than the average numerical, with a very satisfying denouement....

emcee

Listener Crossword No. 4568 Howsat! By Skylark

Not a bad puzzle although some of the 3 letter entries made it difficult to ascertain the extra letter. Initially I had a perfectly acceptable alternative answer for 29ac. Not my kind of theme at all....

perseverer

Listener 4566 Dream On

Neatly constructed puzzle with plenty of guidance built in to get you to the theme, and find the features to be highlighted, although one of them is not too easy to find in Chambers. A lot easier than...

Hagen

Listener 4565 Folio By Nebuchadnezzar

No doubt there's a thread lurking, not yet appearing in AB search, though I've looked hard enough... I failed at the first hurdle - I couldn't find the puzzle! It's usually at the bottom of the home...

upsetter

Listener No 4564 There And Back By Stick Insect

An elegant construction - we were pleased when the subject was not the one that we had feared....

perseverer

Listener Crossword No 4561 One Or The Other

Well, it took a long time for the penny to drop, not helped by a wrong entry. A neat treatment of the theme, with some tricky wordplay, including the one I got wrong and still haven't figured out...

emcee

Listener No.4559 G By Xanthippe

A fantastic puzzle celebrating a memorable moment. I solved the clues quite quickly but found the long endgame quite fiddly. My only snag is that I have an "I" left over to fit in the bottom row and...

Flocker14

Listener No 4558

A theme we've seen before I think and one I must revisit. A record time for me and there'll probably be faster ones. On the easy side - but why not? The weather's good and a relief after that spate of...

Flocker14

Listener No 4557

Either the thread is hiding again or I'm up here first, which I find a bit unlikely. Either I made a complete dog's dinner of this or it was quite difficult to sort out. Devotees might be on to this...

saladdodger

Listener 4556

Quite a gentle one today.

upsetter

The Listener Crossword No 4554 Duck By Vismut

We have completed the satisfying gridfill and identified the work in question but are finding the endgame less than tractable. Not thinking about it for a while is probably a good idea....

12barblues

Listener 4550. Moving Up &down By Ferret

Am I really first, or is the search playing up again? Fairly gentle from Ferret (for once), but only after solving one of the long Across clues. The displacements are disconcerting and a couple are...

perseverer

Listener Crossword No. 4549 From Where I'm Standing By Emu

I'm not finding a thread, or having much success with the search box either. From having filled the grid, it has taken me hours to figure out how to actually interpret it, but I have at last got the...

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Listener 4577 - The Gaudy

Listener 4575

Listener Crossword No 4574 Well-Spoken By Miles

Listener 4574 Well-Spoken By Miles

Listener Crossword No 4573 Jean's Stuff By Schadenfreude

Listener Crossword 4572 - Don't Tell By Poat

Listener Crossword No. 4571 International Standards Organisation By Harribobs

Listener Crossword No. 4569 Bearskin By Elap

Listener Crossword No. 4568 Howsat! By Skylark

Listener 4566 Dream On

Listener 4565 Folio By Nebuchadnezzar

Listener No 4564 There And Back By Stick Insect

Listener Crossword No 4561 One Or The Other

Listener No.4559 G By Xanthippe

Listener No 4558

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Listener 4556

The Listener Crossword No 4554 Duck By Vismut

Listener 4550. Moving Up &down By Ferret

Listener Crossword No. 4549 From Where I'm Standing By Emu

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