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bellabee

ev 966 uncomplimentary remark by rustic

i think the word play here is rather sparse and consequently several misleading possibilities crop up [no doubt deliberately] - a little more detail would've helped with 5ac especially! but i suppose...
12:00 Sun 08th May 201114 answers, last by AndrewG-S 11:36 Wed 11th May 2011
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starwalker

Listener 4136 - Cross-reference by Nudd

Rapidly closing in on this having now got over two thirds of the grid filled, but not yet the thematic creation. I particularly liked 23D, but perhaps that's just me. A fun debut (I think). Many...
17:38 Fri 06th May 201187 answers, last by ichkeria 18:30 Sat 17th Sep 2011
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AHearer

Listener 4134: Cruciverbalism by Poat

Thank you, Poat. Quite pretty, but not tough enough to keep me away from the garden for too long this fine weekend. I have to admit I had to rely on the phrase to get me started on the bottom...
17:04 Fri 22nd Apr 201159 answers, last by S-matrix 19:57 Sat 07th May 2011
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bellabee

EV 964 COMPLEMENT BY SHARK

i've struggled with this [pretty tough clues generally i found] - now i'm looking for the 8 letters and all i can see is an interesting 7 letter word. if i add the letter at the front it loosely gives...
12:14 Sun 24th Apr 201130 answers, last by haggis58 18:10 Sun 01st May 2011
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4133

No, not completed yet, but I have found the quotations and this changes from hard grind to pleasure.
19:23 Fri 15th Apr 201156 answers, last by perseverer 15:39 Fri 22nd Apr 2011
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DocHH

EV 963 Broken up by Piccadilly

Hello to all the EV N&C Wine Clubbers, I thought I would be in for a tough time this week. I don't like the jigsaw type of barred crosswords. I went through the clues and to my surprise solved...
15:34 Sun 17th Apr 20117 answers, last by Christiana 20:30 Mon 18th Apr 2011
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dr b

EV 962 Depicting South by Kruger

Proving that they don't need to be too tough to be entertaining. Just enough of a workout to figure out where the spaces went, then a straightforward but pleasing end game. I got 22a early, but I have...
14:46 Sun 10th Apr 201137 answers, last by Christiana 18:26 Fri 15th Apr 2011
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dr b

EV 961, Whither Goest Thou? by Charybdis

Back on the toughie track this week, for me anyway. I spent quite a bit of time convincing myself on several of the wordplays - I knew what the extra letter had to be but couldn't see where it was...
16:37 Sun 03rd Apr 201137 answers, last by AndrewG-S 10:31 Thu 14th Apr 2011
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cluelessJoe

Listener 4131 - Carte Blanche en Tore by Ten-Four

Easiest one of the year for me by a long chalk. Am I getting smarter, or are these Listeners getting simpler?
18:46 Fri 01st Apr 2011147 answers, last by bellabee 21:14 Wed 13th Apr 2011
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AndrewG-S

Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 954 Sunday February 13th 2011

Fun this week. Thankfully got Brewers for Christmas which made much easier.
13:54 Sun 13th Feb 201120 answers, last by AndrewG-S 15:21 Mon 04th Apr 2011
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4130 Rattle by Augeus

I see that trux and Starwalker have posted already, elsewhere. As I did, they quickly found the quotation and are now working hard.
18:16 Fri 25th Mar 201187 answers, last by turast 12:06 Wed 30th Mar 2011
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kayakamina

EV 960 - Scandal in Bohemia

The run of difficult EV's came to an end with this offering from Salamanca. One of the quickest grid-fills I can recall, though probably helped by the theme being one of my favourite works. Enjoy your...
07:58 Sun 27th Mar 201126 answers, last by devadolly 09:47 Fri 01st Apr 2011
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dr b

EV 959 Hobson's Choice by Jaques

Our run of tough-but-fun EVs continues this week. Lots of well-concealed misprints. I was a bit leery of "not quite as rendered" but it all works out OK. I have to admit that I was so intent...
14:41 Sun 20th Mar 201135 answers, last by novalis 17:38 Sun 27th Mar 2011
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dr b

Listener 4129, Letters Lament by Tangram

Greetings fellow Listenerites, This should be a week free of controversy, I think. A nice solid puzzle, with the three different types of clues keeping things interesting. The two thematic grid...
20:49 Fri 18th Mar 201149 answers, last by logophile 11:20 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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DocHH

EV 958

Hello EV N&C Wine Clubbers, This took me longer than normal. How the 7 cells from 14 clashing answers were to be treated hit me with a glimmer rather than a blinding flash. How elegant that the...
17:43 Sun 13th Mar 201137 answers, last by DocHH 20:28 Fri 18th Mar 2011
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Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4128 Ringtone by Trev

Evening all. Once again I find myself staring at a completed grid and a completed instruction, the former quite straightforward, the latter requiring a leap of imagination that so far eludes me. All...
19:45 Fri 11th Mar 201181 answers, last by turast 12:15 Wed 23rd Mar 2011
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dr b

EV 957 Products by Samuel

What a fun puzzle. The final step of turning the interim product into the final product made me laugh. Lots of thematic material and some well concealed misprints - bravo and huzzah!
15:40 Sun 06th Mar 201146 answers, last by logophile 11:57 Wed 16th Mar 2011
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dr b

Listener 4126 Arthurian Legend by Corvettes

Wow. Absolutely brilliant. I tried to rotate the rings mentally, but got out the scissors after a few minutes. Then half my letters were upside down, so I printed out a new grid and re-filled it. An...
22:56 Fri 25th Feb 2011112 answers, last by trux 19:00 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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dr b

EV 956 Ego Problem by Ifor

Very nice puzzle this week - some hard clues and a lot of thematic material crammed into this one. Lots of cold solving for starters, given that more than half the answers are altered in some way....
15:39 Sun 27th Feb 201133 answers, last by Christiana 10:06 Thu 03rd Mar 2011
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dr b

Listener 4125 Elementary Number Theory by Oyler

Elementary, indeed. An easily guessed theme as far as resolving the ambiguities is concerned, leading to a very quick grid fill. The most interesting thing about it was checking the statements against...
21:32 Fri 18th Feb 201176 answers, last by S-matrix 00:45 Fri 04th Mar 2011

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