Listener 4735 Spirit Time By Skylark

[emcee]

I expected an extant thread but haven't found one.

I enjoyed this; the clues were fun and the endgame entertaining too.

Many thanks, Skylark.

[upsetter]

Great fun.
Thanks, Skylark.
PS should 22a be sparrow not swallow?

[HawkCrossword]

Nice puzzle - thanks, Skylark!

Some very tricky misprints and unusual definitions made this tougher than I thought it would be. The endgame was fun, and I think I can defend my submission.

Yes, I found that misprint, too. I'm pretty sure it's unintentional, but it's difficult to see how it could have slipped past all the vetters.

[sunny-dave]

All done - but not a favourite.

More my fault than Skylark's - a perfectly good puzzle that just didn't gel for me.

The grid fill was nice enough (with some clever misprints), but the endgame was just a chore - too many examples to work through and fiddle with - and no obvious cohesion to the ones selected.

[Philoctetes]

Sunny Dave has hit the nail on the head. Good puzzle, not so good endgame. Readable author, but too many titles, given the means of presenting them

[Clara2]

I really enjoyed this puzzle. I thought the misprints to be well disguised, and the end-game was ideal for me, requiring a bit of thought, but not taking twice as long as the grid-fill, a characteristic of these puzzles which seems to me to be increasingly common these days.

[Cruncher]

Found the misprints tricky and was surprised that the endgame was as straightforward as it was - a matter of a couple of minutes once I had located the author. Happy that someone else was surprised by the swallow

[perseverer]

Didn't notice the swallow, much the same letters, so perhaps that's why it slipped past the vetters, but it has been pointed out that the other part of the clue is at the wrong end!

[Dim16]

For me, a satisfyingly tough grind to complete the grid and identify enough of the misprints to work out instruction.

Have carried out 60% of the instruction, might have to leave it there.