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Hagen

Listener 4694 Follow The Directions Again By Artix.

A brilliantly devised trap for the unwary, into which of course I fell. I was expecting to finish this in almost record time until I got to the last stage when, despite having considered the main...
22:20 Fri 14th Jan 202213 answers, last by Dim16 14:29 Thu 20th Jan 2022
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professorplum13

Parses Please:

there is an extra letter in the clue... 9d Hello, perhaps none are tips from nefarious sorcerers MAGIANS NS from NefariouS but the rest? 16d Seven plugs covering part of column SCAPE ....... CAPE is...
10:38 Mon 10th Jan 20229 answers, last by NickorWan 17:57 Mon 10th Jan 2022
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sunny-dave

Listener 4692 - Whodunnit? By Kruger

What a grand puzzle - a carte-blanche with a couple of entry points and then some excellent clueing to make it a real challenge. Well hidden wrong letters too, in a couple of cases. Loved the endgame...
02:48 Sat 01st Jan 202215 answers, last by Dim16 15:42 Mon 03rd Jan 2022
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Hagen

Listener 4691 Something In Common By Lionheart

Many thanks to the Times for providing a Christmas Listener, which I particularly appreciate as the current situation meant I couldn't get over to the UK to see my family. A nice festive Listener,...
09:28 Sat 25th Dec 202118 answers, last by Cruncher 21:54 Wed 29th Dec 2021
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upsetter

Listener 4690 Hatched? Matched? Despatched? By Ifor

A great theme and also a personal favourite. The final instruction is still a bit confusing although it didn't hinder the final grid fill. Thanks, Ifor....
19:21 Fri 17th Dec 202121 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:33 Tue 21st Dec 2021
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HawkCrossword

Listener 4686 Dice Nets By Arden

Either a) I haven't found the right thread, b) folks have found this one difficult, or c) nobody bothers reviewing numericals any more. I had a brief conversation on Twitter with a numericals-hater...
18:21 Sun 21st Nov 202110 answers, last by Dim16 16:04 Tue 23rd Nov 2021
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Hagen

Listener 4685 To Good Friends By Little Hare

The leporine one always comes up with good puzzles and this didn't disappoint. I found this tricky, not least that it took me a fair while to see how the jumbles could be entered. There are variant...
11:15 Sat 13th Nov 202111 answers, last by Dim16 00:42 Fri 19th Nov 2021
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Philoctetes

Listener 4684 Excess By Aedites

Straightforward perhaps, but well put together with some nice clues and good misprints. One of those that hooked you and kept you in till the last letter. thanks Aedites
22:41 Fri 05th Nov 20216 answers, last by Hagen 10:25 Wed 10th Nov 2021
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HawkCrossword

Listener 4682 Round Table Man By Banjaluka

I remember when just about every other Listener Crossword used to be like this. Tough clues, tough theme and tough endgame. I thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks Banjaluka!...
00:19 Sat 23rd Oct 20217 answers, last by upsetter 16:17 Sun 24th Oct 2021
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upsetter

Listener 4681 1 41 6:10 By Colleague

Phew - just finished. A bit of light relief, so now back to last week's monster. Thanks, Colleague....
16:08 Fri 15th Oct 202113 answers, last by Hagen 15:28 Sun 17th Oct 2021
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emcee

Listener 4679 Basic Fact By Opsimath

Oh dear ... well that didn't take very long. Where's The Listener puzzle this week?...
17:21 Fri 01st Oct 20217 answers, last by sunny-dave 13:47 Sun 03rd Oct 2021
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upsetter

Listener 4678 Bleak Expectations By Mira

Great fun - bags of thematic material and an amusing endgame. Thanks, Mira....
18:32 Fri 24th Sep 20219 answers, last by sunny-dave 13:49 Sun 03rd Oct 2021
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Hagen

Listener 4677 Variety Show By Enigmatist

I can't find another thread even though this puzzle has taken me 15 hours over two days. So here goes. I have never spent this long on any crossword - not even when I started with the Listener 25...
12:25 Sun 19th Sep 20219 answers, last by NickorWan 16:43 Sat 25th Sep 2021
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HawkCrossword

Listener 4673 Chessboard Carte Blanche By Hedgehog

An unusual, but not difficult numerical. Once I'd broken through, the chessboard restriction made the solution easily accessible with pen and paper, which is exactly how a numerical should be - thanks...
20:54 Fri 20th Aug 20218 answers, last by BMACMAC 16:02 Fri 27th Aug 2021
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HawkCrossword

Listener 4672 Form..ation By Mr E

A very enjoyable extra word puzzle, made challenging by excellent clues throughout - thanks, Mr E! The endgame is not difficult to spot, but I don't understand why we need to highlight the...
20:02 Fri 13th Aug 202111 answers, last by tnap 23:59 Mon 16th Aug 2021
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Hagen

Listener 4671 Ours By Xanthippe

A terrifying preamble. Ugh. Jumbles. Double ugh. Definition/letter mix clues. Ugh to the nth power. Yet this was brilliant! Once the method of entry of the across revealed itself, a smile was...
19:45 Fri 06th Aug 202111 answers, last by Scorpius 10:45 Mon 09th Aug 2021
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IainGrace

Listener 4669

My better half cracked what was going on at an early stage. Good fun.
20:06 Fri 23rd Jul 202113 answers, last by sunny-dave 13:32 Thu 29th Jul 2021
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HawkCrossword

Listener 4668 Impossible Construction By Serpent

A very clever construction - thanks Serpent! It required a fair amount of cold-solving to get started, but thankfully the clues were all fair and accessible, so identifying the feature wasn't too much...
20:52 Fri 16th Jul 20217 answers, last by sunny-dave 13:27 Thu 29th Jul 2021
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Hagen

Listener 4667 Classicist By Gorrag

Extremely difficult, and unless I've missed something after hours of searching, a certain amount of insider knowledge is necessary to understand some of the thematic connections. I don't possess that...
11:21 Sat 10th Jul 202113 answers, last by IainGrace 19:26 Fri 16th Jul 2021
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upsetter

Listener 4666 Octet By Hedge-Sparrow

A much lighter workout that the last two weeks but tremendous fun all the same. Thanks Hedge-sparrow....
17:53 Fri 02nd Jul 20219 answers, last by NickorWan 12:49 Sat 03rd Jul 2021

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