Listener Crossword 4294: Trio By Bark By Hedge-Sparrow

[starwalker]

Wonderful puzzle and beautifully implemented on a personally favourite theme. Thank you so much Hedge-sparrow

[fyellin]

Beautiful construction, but I'm also stuck at finding the route.

As an American, I'm completely ignorant of the source material, other than what Wikipedia has to tell me. Is that sufficient information for the penny to drop?

[jim360]

The complete source material is freely available online; if you type in the title on Google it came up as the third link down for me. Failing that, a map of the relevant area (also easily available through Google) is useful -- and probably quicker than reading through the whole source to confirm the places visited, although again it's well worth a complete read.

[Cagey]

Stopped this one when guessed at theme. Not familiar with it, but just enough clues to suss it provided, if in same situation as me. Then restarted once source devoured. Now finished. Superb puzzle. Great theme. Looking forward to maths/logic challenge next week. Given up on magpie ones this month, just not gelling.

[Ornis]

Lovely crossword with precise clueing, elegant construction and zero ambiguity. Everything as it should be, nothing out of place, and all's right with the world.

[bambi123]

Excellent Crossword with so many facets relevant to the theme. After living in the designated area for over 30 years it was a trip down memory lane.
Well done Hedge Sparrow. This has kept me absorbed without feeling completely stuck for hours.

[Whenland]

A lot of fun - thank you Hedge Sparrow!

[IainGrace]

Finished. Agree that it's a superbly constructed pleasing puzzle. Where it sits in the rankings depends on one's own personal criteria. Some may prefer a puzzle that one has to worry away at for ages rather than solve in a single sitting, as many have probably done. Doubtless, though, there are some Answerbankers who solve all puzzles in a single sitting (depending on how long a sitting might be, of course). No numericals for us, so signing off for a couple of weeks.

[youngoffender]

I just had to add to all the rapture here - a wonderful piece of work, and my favourite of the year so far. Thank you!

[UglyUncle]

A thing of beauty - I am in awe of the skill and ingenuity demonstrated by Hedge-Sparrow. What a lot of wonderful PDMs along the way too, combined with the warm glow of contentment that the theme invariably produces. POTY so far, for me at least.

[Staurologist]

Excellent. I am an idle fellow, and this afforded me the opportunity to occupy some of my time in re-reading the source material, as recommended by others. The annotated edition is the way to go, if you can find a copy.

[Woot]

Thanks Hedge-sparrow!

This, to me at least, is exactly what a Listener Crossword should be: multi-layered and educational with some very nice clues. I didn’t get the theme until very near the end which, again, is a sign of a good puzzle. I was aware of the theme but haven’t seen the original. I really must go and look it up.

[JackDeCrow]

Pretty much my favourite kind of Listener - just the sort I would choose to describe to friends (if, of course, any of them were interested!). Thanks Hedge-sparrow. I did think the description of how the tour route is represented was a bit misleading, though - I spent a lot of time looking for things that aren't there!