Listener 4089 Vive la Difference by Kevin

[starwalker]

A very pleasant and enjoyable debut by Kevin. Some nice clues and a familiar theme which made me realise how quickly time passes. Possibly suitable for newcomers, but personally, I think that 32D is a bit of a beast. (I'm still not 100% convinced I have the correct answer) Interesting to see what others make of it.

[gribble]

appledumplin, re 12d. the definition is the last four words of clue and answer begins with a short word for quince

[appledumplin]

Thank you gribble, it was obvious really! Will see if that helps with the across clues I'm stuck on.

[Clamzy]

Well done to Kevin for the interest his debut puzzle has stirred on the answerbank. Not many result in more than a hundred postings.

[poorsolver]

For those wanting Mathematical puzzles. The Magpie Magazine, available by subscription has at least one mathematical challenge each month. There are also five other puzzles by many of your Listener favourite setters. The website is www,piemag.com and I think there's a sample edition there to download.

Well worth it every month.

[Mysterons]

Apologies for my delay in revisiting this thread and seeing your posting Mr. Crossy - it's fairly well known that JEG will allow unsolicited highlighting only if this does not contain an error, so if it's not requested it's generally best not to highlight.