Listener 4481 Jury By Twin

[IainGrace]

An entertaining steady solve.

[Ruthrobin]

Yes indeed. We found the endgame very satisfactory. Yes it was a steady solve but we have solved very slowly.

[emcee]

Very nice. Enjoyable, and the theme is, unashamedly, one of my favourites!

Many thanks, Twin.

[Encota]

Great fun - great construction. Thanks Twin :-)

[Flocker14]

Also took me a bit longer than perhaps it should have done but most satisfying and enjoyable and a lovely clear endgame sans monkey business after some quite detailed work once the source had been identified. My type of Listener and why I look forward to them. Tough enough in parts but clear and logical and never excruciating.Many thanks to Twin!

[Hagen]

Being a great fan of the theme and all stuff related to it, I found this quite straightforward once I twigged what was going on. Very nice working of the material with no grid-staring or fiddly bits. Thanks Twin (is this a debut?).

I shall be away next week so will take this opportunity to wish all posters a very happy Christmas.

[Scorpius]

Once I spotted the theme just over half way through I was able to sprint to the finish in no time at all.

It's unusual to find clues that have interesting surfaces and/or cryptic constructions and are easy to solve. I thought there were several such examples in this puzzle, plus a few tougher ones. I didn't find the hint was necessary as I'd finished the puzzle before working it all out, but it was a useful device to enable the names to be incorporated as ordinary words.

[kdgs2]

I really enjoyed this one, although it took me rather longer to work out the location in question than it should have! All very tidy in the endgame.

[HappyUncle]

Slow and steady here too, with many clues reminiscent of Sabre at his most devious. I'm not a fan of the theme myself but the various elements were clearly signposted and everything fell neatly into place. The location was cleverly done, I thought.

[Philoctetes]

Another slow and steady here. Though a fan of the theme, I could not list off the thematic names. I would like to say a word for the clue to 8 down which made me laugh.

[icynorth]

Astonishing grid and top quality clues, thanks Twin.

I worked out the theme after spotting the character, but needed all the additional help, including the hint to complete those fiendish clues. Most enjoyable.

[olichant]

I'm a bit late to the party, but I thought this was very neatly constructed and enjoyable. It was inevitably much easier once the penny dropped - but, for me, the penny did take some time to do just that.

[sunny-dave]

Initially quite hard - perhaps I was just not on form - 90 minutes groping around and not much to show for it apart from the more obvious grid answers.

But a second attempt cracked it in a further hour or so - the final replacement was very neat.

Thanks Twin