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Listener No. 4388: Cycle 20% More By Smudge
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Six answers entered after six hours of solving - anyone else doing better?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Just to keep you two company, I'm in a similar situation. After about four and a half hours I've solved seven, mostly acrosses, so at least I can enter them.
Having recently finished a Magpie D puzzle by Mr Magoo I'm in a position to say that was a doddle compared to this, which is at least Magpie E difficulty. I haven't encountered a Listener as tough as this in years, and I suspect I shall abandon if I don't solve a few more soon.
Having recently finished a Magpie D puzzle by Mr Magoo I'm in a position to say that was a doddle compared to this, which is at least Magpie E difficulty. I haven't encountered a Listener as tough as this in years, and I suspect I shall abandon if I don't solve a few more soon.
Gave up for a while after 4 solved, and a few suspected letter moves. Have guess for mode of entry, but that may be from over reading the blurb. It is tough. Tackled the magpie numerical instead, now down to 6 to get in it. Finding the current e grader in the magpie as impenetrable.
I normally post my listeners off every other week, two at a time.i think I will be sending last weeks in on its own to buy more time.
Not ready to give up yet, only an hour or so wasted on this one so far.
I normally post my listeners off every other week, two at a time.i think I will be sending last weeks in on its own to buy more time.
Not ready to give up yet, only an hour or so wasted on this one so far.
Wow, that was a slog. I gave up last night after my self-imposed three-hour limit with just half a dozen across entries firmly in, and enough solved in the bottom right-hand corner to make a guess at the method of entry. Starting again this morning and using my hunch about the method of entry gave me a leg up on a few more acrosses, whence the creators emerged. Finally a few of the moving words in the downs started to emerge, and I could start doing some arithmetic. A few more guesses, and finally the full story emerged. Well, Smudge, that was a fine construction with some clues that would have been hard enough without the added complications: I thought it bordered on the cruel!
It's definitely worth persevering - I had two answers after about two hours, but then changed tack. For what it's worth, I got the Creators first, and then Sign and Title were easy to search for, with the Contest following quickly afterwards. I know how to resolve the Plot, but I'm not sure exactly why. About 10 answers to go.
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