This has produced a giggle but it was a tough solve until the message appeared and we are going to have to be very careful with our checking of our final grid. What an amusing and original idea. Many...
An entertaining puzzle, even if the device has appeared in various guises before. A clever way, though, of diminishing the usefulness of intersecting lights. Good clues, with many of the inserted...
What am I missing, please? The clue is "Set out, passionately bewildered". The answer is a 9-letter island beginning with P. If you take the letters SET out of PASSIONATELY, you do *not* get an...
1D - novelist truly in the van ? On the contrary (9) I have ??R?A?T?S 21A - could be main basis for religion (9) I have S only - anagram ? 16D - she relaunched a saga from absolute zero (9) I have...
With Shackleton last week and now this puzzle, the Listener is finally picking up pace after a rather slow start to the year. This puzzle is fun. Straightforward fill and a pleasing endgame. Puzzles...
I notice earlier discussions in which inter alia Waldgraver said he had FERROUS for 5 down (Iron men celebrated last Sunday) I have FEMALES as last Sunday was I believe Lady Day - can someone reassure...
Listener No. 4333 - In the Event of Fire by Flying Tortoise This thread is for the traditional 'elliptical' discussion, comments and thanks to the setter. If you want to participate in a more direct...
I love the way this is thematic. The quotation has raised a smile though I am still wondering how to make sure that letters are entered in the correct order in 'all entries'. Many thanks Augeas for a...
Well, those who have been moaning that the early ones were too easy have what they wanted here. This has been a real challenge, growing easier as it progressed, of course. We still have some ends to...