Listener Crossword 4769 Path-Finding

[perseverer]

I made greater headway with the downs than the acrosses so grid filling was slow. Having an idea of the inital letter of an answer literally gives me a head start in solving. A good mixture of clues, with one or two of Dysart's usual obscurities thrown in.
An end game that was straightforward but none-the-less amusing.
Thanks, Dysart

[upsetter]

Agreed perseverer.

We were concerned that the endgame was going to be a GWIT but it all turned out nicely in the end.

Thanks, Dysart.

[HawkCrossword]

Yes, another rambling theme, which took some unpicking. Plenty of tough clues and obscure answers, but there was always enough in this puzzle to keep progressing. An enjoyable workout - thanks Dysart!

[ClareTG0ld]

After last week's false start, a successful return to a completed grid! Took, perhaps, longer than I'd care to admit to resolve the endgame, getting distracted by the possibility of a longer "first word" of the four revealed words, and then by a suggestive alternative theme based on (word 3 + opening letters of word 4). But cleared up in the end. I was too tired perhaps to appreciate it last night -- maybe because the choice of seven unclued entries feels quite arbitrary to me. But never mind. I'm glad that Dysart provided a nice, accessible puzzle that gets me back into the swing of things!

Also, my attempt to work out what GWIT stands for took me down memory lane rather. I didn't realise the phrase was coined while I was still busy solving these, as far back as 2015 ( https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1400568.html ), and at a time when crosswordsolver.org was still much more of a free-for-all when it came to providing help. I wonder when the "other place" changed to a much more tightly-constrained "hints only" resource?

[Dim16]

FWIW I thought the clues were high quality and I enjoyed the challenge of completing the grid (other than the unclued entries).

The endgame looks absolutely horrid so no point attempting it.

Thanks Dysart.

[Philoctetes]

Very nice. It's a shame that the last stage has two possibilities

[Cruncher]

Wasn't aware of an ambiguity in the endgame - which probably means I got it wrong. Thought the clues were hard and took me a while to convince myself about the rather (to me) random collection of unclued answers

[olichant]

I thought that was a very nice puzzle with (as always from Dysart) top quality clues.

I can't really see an ambiguity - which maybe should make me nervous - but I'm very content with my solution.

Hope all who gather here are well.