Listener 4756 Soldier On ... By Demoniacal

[emcee]

This became so much easier after a few answers had been entered. Up until then it was cold solving until a pair of matching letters was obtained.

End result was unambiguous.

Many thanks, Demoniacal.

[Cruncher]

Seemed impenetrable to begin with but all worked out in the end and an opportunity to revisit the source material - and adaptations. Not sure about the title

[HawkCrossword]

Yes, very much a cold-solving puzzle, but the clues were generally accessible. Thanks, Demoniacal - that was an enjoyable workout.

[upsetter]

That was good fun.

Thanks, Demoniacal.

[Dim16]

Delightful.

Thanks Demoniacal.

[Philoctetes]

I wouldn't say it was much colder than usual. What I liked was that it kept going to the end - even with the gizmo, unless you knew the work, everything only fell into place at the end. Thanks D

[Tilly2]

Can anyone post a link to the copy?

[HawkCrossword]

Hi Tilly - the Listener Crossword is behind a paywall, unfortunately.

But this does give me a chance to plug this month's free-to-enter prize puzzle (wot I wrote) in the Crossword Centre:

https://crosswordcentre.blogspot.com/2023/02/crossword-centre-prize-puzzle-march-2023.html?m=1

The closing date for that one is 8th April, if anyone's at a loose end.

[sunny-dave]

Well that was a proper Listener challenge.

Hard clues, but just accessible enough to give sufficient answers from cold solving to start the (tricky) grid fill.

An excellent puzzle - many thanks to Demoniacal.

[olichant]

I thought that was excellent, and a very enjoyable theme.

[upsetter]

@HawkCrossword - we have filled the grid but the penny has still not dropped so the final steps are proving illusive but we will keep looking until Friday.

[HawkCrossword]

Thanks for giving it a go, Upsetter. I'm confident you'll get there!