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Welcome to Title Builder Beta.

This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

To build an easy to find question title simply select the paper and quiz, enter the quiz number if relevant and fill in the Publication Date. Once you’re happy click “Build Title” and the information should populate the Title field. Fill in the final required details of your question as you normally would, and click submit.

As this is a Beta we only have a limited number of papers and quizzes listed. If you think your favourite Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle should be listed here don’t hesitate to contact us.

Remember: You do not have to use the title builder - simply enter the title and question as you normally would and click submit!

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Listener 4678 Bleak Expectations By Mira

upsetter | 17:32 Fri 24th Sep 2021 | Crosswords

9 Answers

Great fun - bags of thematic material and an amusing endgame.

Thanks, Mira.

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Hagen

Indeed, and balm to what's left of my brain after last week's monster. It took me a while to work out what was needed for the highlighting, and the revelation was very satisfying. There was some clever surface direction away from the theme in the clues, and while most of them weren't difficult, there were a few sneaky ones that weren't at all obvious - the very last down clue being an example. A debut, I think, and if so a promising one.

emcee

I only completed last week's puzzle yesterday. The underlying nuances of its construction were amazing!

However, I am glad to return to sanity this week with a normal Listener. I, too, thought the clues were good with a couple of brutes reminiscent of last week in there too!

Nice endgame as well. Thanks, Mira.

olichant

Delightful! I wish I had thought of this theme. That made me very happy. Nice idea nicely implemented. And it didn’t take four days to solve…

Philoctetes

Well that cleansed the palate after the rich feast of last week. Good fun - loved the false trails

Cruncher

Well as someone who only limped over the line with 4677 on Sunday this was a welcome relief - although not at all straightforward with some cannily hidden misprints

NickorWan

Yes, a fun and timely puzzle, with a nice mix of gentle and tough clues. Thanks, Mira.

Scorpius

My comment comes very late in the day, but I felt I should add to a rather small collection of comments that might be a bit dispiriting to a new setter (if Mira is new).

The clues were extremely good, with some lovely wordplay that often led to an unexpected answer. The contrast between the sub-theme and the main theme was delightful, as was the witty title.

HawkCrossword

I'll add another late comment, but it's not adding a lot others haven't said. This was very witty throughout, and had an endgame which made me laugh out loud. It was also an ideal puzzle for me when off on a walking holiday sans Chambers and Internet - it required neither. Many thanks, Mira!

sunny-dave

Excellent - very clever indeed - tricky clues and a nice dénouement.

Thanks Mira - a nice puzzle to greet my return from a short holiday.

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