Listener 3992

[cruciverbali]

Do race off to take a look at Tour de France by Pilcrow

[Rapparee]

I'm on me bike. Luckily it's dry!

Thanks, Cruciverbalist!

[cluelessJoe]

Pumped up for this one ... thank you C...

(hope it proves to be as good as La Tour D'Hanoi was!)

cJ

[mad max]

many thanks for link

[bobbycollins]

Just got in from work....j'etais litteralement sur ma bicyclette, et, bien sur, il pleurait! ... (sorry if my French is as rusty as my bike)

[bobbycollins]

Told you it was rusty. That should (I think) be "pleuvait"!

[Deviant]

A fairly pleasant cycle ride in the park, though I had to resort to a bit of Googling for 26D & the landmark was not in the format I expected when I read the preamble.

[Mysterons]

Nice to be able to freewheel after all that digging about last week. Quelle domage that the preamble was so explicit (for a change !) - after entering 23 Down/27 Across it was possible to fill the 'last' 3 letters of 4 Down before even looking at the clue !

[cluelessJoe]

Spoke too soon .. saddle-ly this one did not quite ring my bell.

As Mysterons said, an almost over explicit preamble rendering the final outcome guessable very early on, coupled with a number of not-too-testing clues.
Never mind, leaves plenty of time for a sunny weekend in the garden.

[Cruncher]

Well Deviant gets the yellow jersey. I spent an embarrassing amount looking for the Arc de Triomphe before I bothered to count up the letters!

[mad max]

Yes even I found this one a little too easy

[Rapparee]

Thankfully, no mountains to climb with this one.

Finished it in record time (for me) so now I'm just enjoying the unseaonably good weather while waiting for EV.

[bobbycollins]

Agree with the consensus - finished in about an hour, apart from 21a. I have been out and about with Mrs bobbycollins all day with the clue in my head. The penny dropped mid-afternoon over a beer at the front in sunny (yippee) Cleveleys Not the first time that this definition has held me up!

Plenty of time now for Spectator, EV and Mephisto....bring 'em on.

[Scorpius]

I agree that it was a very easy puzzle apart from a handful of devious clues, such as the one referred to by bobbycollins. Enjoyable nevertheless, but I was slightly disappointed at the absence of any other French localities en route. All I can see are a French d�partment , a French valley and a French moor, and they may be accidental. Any others?

[midazolam]

thanks c

agree with all the above - prob one of the fastest solves (approx 1 hour) and i guessed the landmark and how it was to be represented before starting. (21ac was my last one too!)

maybe we are in for a stinker next week!

[MLN:RUGBY]

Finished the puzzle easily enough, but still cannot see the landmark!
Can someone please point me in the right direction.

[bobbycollins]

Translate the puzzle's title into English.....that should give a big hint

[Mysterons]

This map should help with directions - you should go South of Quai Branly, but North of Avenue de La Motte-Picquet, West of Avenue de La Bourdonnais but East of Avenue de Suffren - if you get lost, ask a gendarme.

[targo]

Mmmm, 3 answers still to get when you lot all finished it in about an hour :-(

11dn - can see 'field' but gone wrong somewhere. Other letters I've got are G,R,?,E

22dn - got D (or A),?,L,A,?

21ac - ?,E,R

(OK, 4 to get but figured 22ac would appear if I filled 11 & 22 in!)

Any hints most appreciated!

[Mysterons]

21a: Def = A

27a: You are close, but the answer is not RICE

22d: Think 'political' for party