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Listener 4206 - A1 by Ifor
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Prize for the most abstruse preamble this year?
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For some reason I had a bit of a hump with this one but on reflection its all pretty fair and clever
10:03 Mon 10th Sep 2012
@olichant The highlighting is annoyingly cryptic, and I also can't fully understand the shape of the 14-character highlighting myself, so it's hard to spot. Hard to offer anything else other than keep looking and hope you find it!
@coalminers I don't really feel aggrieved of course, it's just the luck of the draw and I have won one so it's not really a tragedy. At least I have the satisfaction of knowing I finished it myself for a special first Friday club.
Had a very late night last night - no prizes for guessing why, eh?
@coalminers I don't really feel aggrieved of course, it's just the luck of the draw and I have won one so it's not really a tragedy. At least I have the satisfaction of knowing I finished it myself for a special first Friday club.
Had a very late night last night - no prizes for guessing why, eh?
It has taken a while but I'm now happy I have the start, finish, connection, the items behaving thematically, the four wordplay answers and the number to write under the grid. I thought some of the clues were very easy but others far less so and I had an idea of the theme from fairly early which helped. Identifying some of the letters to remove was a challenge even with a full grid.
Wouldn't it have been spooky if Djokovic was Hungarian? Ref 40a.
Overall a good challenge (for me at least). Thanks Ifor.
Wouldn't it have been spooky if Djokovic was Hungarian? Ref 40a.
Overall a good challenge (for me at least). Thanks Ifor.
Haha I did like 40a and thought it was a tennis reference at the time of solving. Never occurred to me in the heat of the moment. Amusing coincidence.
Not quite, coalminers - though it was one of the closest games I've seen! Shame my team has been knocked of the top spot of high-scoring losers but still in a good position so maybe we'll make it into the top four of the losers after all. Fingers crossed!
Not quite, coalminers - though it was one of the closest games I've seen! Shame my team has been knocked of the top spot of high-scoring losers but still in a good position so maybe we'll make it into the top four of the losers after all. Fingers crossed!
Virtually finished 4206 in a late night session whilst watching the Murray tennis (who says men can't multi-task ...) and then tidied up the odds&socks this afternoon.
A nice work-out, but I'm always left a bit 'unconsummated' if there is thematic material which you don't have to solve to finish the puzzle.
I will probably work through the relevant clues to satisfy my inner nerd - but it irks me a bit that I don't actually need to ...
A nice work-out, but I'm always left a bit 'unconsummated' if there is thematic material which you don't have to solve to finish the puzzle.
I will probably work through the relevant clues to satisfy my inner nerd - but it irks me a bit that I don't actually need to ...
I thought the preamble was a Listener lovely - one of those that makes sense when you look back. Lots of clues led us to the very obvious theme and I though the highlighting was most appropriate - all just a little bit easier than we are used to in Ifor's challenging creations - but stop moaning and look again you EV moaners. Many thanks Ifor. Yes we were there in the Friday club but I am miles beyond Internet access - pencil and paper solving on the Isle of Barra (and glad this wasn't another numerical with misprints!) I appreciated the anxious emails I have just downloaded - worried about our absence from the usual AB thread. What a supportive community we are.
Filled most of the grid at the weekend, got held up a little on the right hand side, then had to leave it for a while. Have just sat with it this evening and had a delightful series of PDMs after being temporarily misled by what (I feel) were intentional red herrings scattered in some parts of the grid.
I thought the 'items behaving thematically' were highly entertaining and were the main pointer for me to discovering the correct theme. Really clever - enjoyed this more than most of the last few weeks.
I thought the 'items behaving thematically' were highly entertaining and were the main pointer for me to discovering the correct theme. Really clever - enjoyed this more than most of the last few weeks.
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