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Ruthrobin

Listener 4160 Stress Gauges

What a nicely clued and enjoyable solve. This was not the fearsome shocker we are all expecting one of these days. Please, please heed our pleas this week and don't spoil it for other solvers and...
17:25 Fri 21st Oct 201154 answers, last by ichkeria 09:08 Tue 01st Nov 2011
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starwalker

Listener 4159 - Crovvword by Pointer

Some lovely clues have brought me to the point where I just have to find the third item to illustrate, and I feel a need to rest. Thanks (in advance) Pointer. You have enlightened me and revived...
17:33 Fri 14th Oct 2011116 answers, last by ichkeria 10:38 Wed 26th Oct 2011
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Ruthrobin

Listener no 4157 Easy Win by Ilver

Thought I'd begin the Friday club. What joy to see another new Listener name and what succinct cluing! A speedy fill then a delightful pdm for me with the theme cleverly holding it all together and...
15:14 Fri 30th Sep 201181 answers, last by easterfool 11:42 Fri 07th Oct 2011
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midazolam

Listener 4154: Downsizing by Dilwitch

Another debut! I am usually not one for Listener's where there's no PDM etc but I enjoyed this one. Difficulty enhanced by the difference in definition and wordplay together with some tough clues....
19:00 Fri 09th Sep 201171 answers, last by Mysterons 08:15 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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midazolam

Listener 4152: Inn Joke by Mr Lemon

I don't get it! (the joke that is) I am glad it was easy this week compared to last week, but I am not impressed. The title, the rejoinder, the connection between the quotation? I suppose none of it...
16:20 Fri 26th Aug 201154 answers, last by ichkeria 08:29 Fri 02nd Sep 2011
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starwalker

Listener 4150 - Garden Scraps by Colleague

A rapid grid fiil brings the reward of a visit to the sherry decanter before attempting to make sense of the preamble. It's a risky strategy, but someone has to try it. On reflection, I think I boobed...
16:49 Fri 12th Aug 201164 answers, last by IainGrace 14:49 Sun 21st Aug 2011
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kayakamina

EV 979 - Problem by Salamanca

Everyone must be away on their hols or just enjoying a lazy Sunday. A pretty straightforward grid fill, and once I'd decided that SMIR was not relevant other than the placing of unchecked letters, an...
18:43 Sun 07th Aug 201116 answers, last by Christiana 21:44 Mon 08th Aug 2011
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starwalker

Listener 4148 - More Collusion by The Magpie

Having seen the setter(s) I thought that this would be a real problem. Surprisingly, despite some tricky clues, it all fell into place quite quickly. I notice that these days they omit the instruction...
18:05 Fri 29th Jul 201154 answers, last by ichkeria 08:32 Tue 09th Aug 2011
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bobbycollins

listener 4145

I posted a perfectly polite notice on the Times website creating a discussion about this week's puzzle - along the lines of: "I am getting a bit fed up with the preponderance of cartes blanches,...
17:31 Fri 08th Jul 2011100 answers, last by Walterloo 05:05 Thu 28th Jul 2011
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dr b

EV 972 Extraction by Oxymoron

Oh no, it's Mr. O! Greetings you Brits, Swiss (honorary) and any Croatians who may be lurking. A difficult EV, I thought, that would not be out of place as a Listener. Many obscure words for answers;...
15:16 Sun 19th Jun 201125 answers, last by Christiana 20:25 Sat 25th Jun 2011
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dr b

EV 971 Track by Loda

Can this be the first post on this puzzle? I thought it was very well done; the theme dawned on me very late in the game - I suspect those who caught it early on had an easier time of finding the...
22:43 Sun 12th Jun 201114 answers, last by Christiana 17:16 Thu 16th Jun 2011
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starwalker

Listener 4141 : Trailblazers by Dysart

Grid fill is proceding quite quickly and smoothly, especially when compared to last week. However, I know that this will rapidly slow down as I know nothing about either the two adversaries or the...
17:02 Fri 10th Jun 201184 answers, last by ichkeria 14:09 Tue 21st Jun 2011
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Zabadak

Listener 4140 "Jumping to Conclusion" by Sabre

Not even close yet: I have almost all the "outside" clues and most of the ones that start on the outside, but tracking them through the knight moves is pretty desperate at the moment. I'm...
21:33 Fri 03rd Jun 2011106 answers, last by the_heisman 22:14 Tue 14th Jun 2011
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AHearer

Listener 4139: An Unsettled Spell by Nutmeg

I spent a long time staring at a grid with the source filled in and a knowledge of the letters that had slipped before I started cracking the clues. Having basically solved it in the reverse order I...
21:06 Fri 27th May 2011111 answers, last by Philoctetes 18:37 Thu 09th Jun 2011
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DocHH

EV 967:Suit by Mynot

Hello EV N&C Wine Clubbers, Well this week was a perfect example of how you should really read the rubric to ensure you enter the answers appropriately! I didn't and suffered badly with 2 of our...
17:33 Sun 15th May 201145 answers, last by Mysterons 11:29 Wed 25th May 2011
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midazolam

Listener 4137: Frightened Catherine by Ifor

An enjoyable Listener début from Ifor (although a setter that I have solved in the Magpie, EV and IQ). I was wondering why this needed to be a carte blanche as I was solving it, but the little...
19:41 Fri 13th May 201190 answers, last by ichkeria 13:25 Mon 23rd 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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mintyman99

Spectator 2012 Saturday May 7th 2011

http://www.spectator....6916653/crossword.pdf...
06:14 Thu 05th May 20117 answers, last by Christiana 19:51 Sat 07th May 2011
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4135 Travellers by The Tall'n

Making good progress with this. Just got the 10 lines to draw. Lots of thematic material (and lots of fun)
20:02 Fri 29th Apr 2011101 answers, last by S-matrix 19:42 Sat 07th May 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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