Listener 4766 - Weaver By Sabre

[HawkCrossword]

Another cracker from the master of the genre.

So much to enjoy - obscure answers, quality clues, and a tough jigsaw (of sorts) to finish. Thanks, Sabre!

[perseverer]

Can't disagree with any of that, though I did half expect some sort of punchline to emerge at the end.

[emcee]

Agreed. Thankfully heavy on anagrams otherwise it would have taken weeks.

Thanks, Sabre.

[upsetter]

Well that was a bit of a struggle but it all worked out in the end.
A beautiful construction and how agreeable to have a puzzle that when you have entered all the answers you have finished.

Thanks, Sabre.

[Cruncher]

Slightly gentler than I anticipated, and I found myself searching the diagonals in the completed grid for nudges towards the inevitable Playfair coding that was required for the final step. Tough clues with obscure definitions: my nemesis was 4ac where I dismissed the only possible entry that matched the crossing letters because it was so clearly irrelevant - except it wasn't

[Philoctetes]

Just finished. Last test was "Monkeys", where I was led up the wrong tree and hung there, jibbering

[Dim16]

Don't understand the wordplay of several of my answers, so not for me a very satisfying puzzle, although I enjoyed the challenge of cold solving some tough (for me) clues.

Thanks Sabre.

[Dim16]

The penny has just dropped on the wordplay for the Monkeys clue - very neat!

Still baffled by the couple from Bath though.

[perseverer]

Very literal

[sunny-dave]

Late to the party here - catching up on Listeners after a holiday away from t'internet.

A cracking Sabre special - it all fits together so neatly when you get it right, but falls apart if you make even the tiniest slip (which I did - twice).

Thanks Sabre - more please