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Listener No. 4428: Classic Fm Track By Aelfre
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A nice brief escape from reality, not at all frightening. A good one for beginners at the Listener. Many thanks, Aelfre. Main problem is going to be writing small enough!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I finished all my Christmas shopping some time ago (assumes smug expression) so I was hoping for rather more of a challenge this weekend. In accordance with the festive spirit though I'll concur that a gentle puzzle is always a welcome change from the brain-twisters that the Listener produces. Thanks Aelfre.
Etter here - Ups (the musical one) was unavailable so I had to fly solo.
It was easy, but still a perfectly acceptable Listener (by comparison, still cross about the Bayeux Tapestry clues).
But I was depressed that I could complete the thematic elements without recourse to Google. I am certain that I have never listened to the oeuvre, but such is the insidious nature of popular culture that I have heard it so often that I can actually remember the key characters. Reflecting on this, I feel equally violated by knowing far too much about the dramatis personae of the Bake-off. I am surprised that my enjoyment of a crossword as a whole can be so affected by how charmed or otherwise I am by the theme, familiar or not.
It was easy, but still a perfectly acceptable Listener (by comparison, still cross about the Bayeux Tapestry clues).
But I was depressed that I could complete the thematic elements without recourse to Google. I am certain that I have never listened to the oeuvre, but such is the insidious nature of popular culture that I have heard it so often that I can actually remember the key characters. Reflecting on this, I feel equally violated by knowing far too much about the dramatis personae of the Bake-off. I am surprised that my enjoyment of a crossword as a whole can be so affected by how charmed or otherwise I am by the theme, familiar or not.
One of those puzzles that looks as if it will take an age to solve, but then doesn't. Some clues were a little over-egged (def + one dose of wordplay is usually enough), and the Beckett clue was a disappointment, but otherwise it offered a pleasant way to pass the time. My pre-cognition must have been switched on, though, as I had a successful intuitive stab at the theme before solving any clues. It's not big, it's not clever, it just happens sometimes.
Just curious. I noticed that a few clues had three parts, either two definitions and a wordplay, or two wordplays and a definition, and that the three could come in any order. Is this a new thing?
I wonder how difficult this puzzle is to someone (somehow) not familiar with the original. With about half the radials, it was clear what the outer ring was, which then made it obvious what the third ring needed to be.
I wonder how difficult this puzzle is to someone (somehow) not familiar with the original. With about half the radials, it was clear what the outer ring was, which then made it obvious what the third ring needed to be.
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