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Listener No 4355: Shorthand Crosses By Aragon

A lovely construction, with fairly straightforward clues. I hadn't come across the verse, and have only been able to locate the vital couplet -- if the rest of it is available I hope somebody will...

Pasquin

Listener 4352 What’S Missing? By Artix

Excellent puzzle. Totally misinterpreted the first missing item I found, then spent about three hours looking for eight more similar items, before realising I had led myself well up the garden path....

AHearer

Listener No. 4346: Nonconformist By Towser

Grid entry only took half an hour, but then I'm ashamed to say that it took another half hour for the penny to drop. It raised a chuckle, so thank you Towser....

AHearer

Listener No. 4345: Essentials By Samuel

The length of the preamble was a bit off-putting, but taking my courage in both hands and plunging in showed enough fairly straightforward clues to be able to get started. The last step was a bit...

olichant

Listener 4344: Fast And Loose By Ifor

Not nearly as scary as the preamble suggested, and a really nice sequence of PDMs leading to a satisfying final grid. Thanks Ifor, and I hope everyone here (in the UK, at least) has a nice long...

AHearer

Listener No. 4343: Bear, Bear, Bearing By Chalicea

A fairly typical Chalicea puzzle: nice use of theme, clues not too challenging (though I struggled for a while to find the extra letters in some of the mid-range down clues). A very pleasant exercise:...

Monkmonk

Listener 4342 Triskaidekaphilia By Bero

What a brilliant swansong. Interesting and fun.

Ruthrobin

Listener No4341 What's On By Nod

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...

midazolam

Listener 4340 Red Shift By Nudd

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...

upsetter

Listener No 4339 Mixed Doubles By Shackleton

At last an absolute cowson. This is what we have been waiting for all year. 5 half-clues solved and already fighting the urge to give up....

Contrarian

Listener No 4338 A Game Of 15 By Glow-Worm

Another fairly straightforward grid-fill, though deciphering some of the 15ing was a little trickier. The finish raised a smile. Thanks Glow-worm....

jim360

Listener 4336: Company Liquidation By Kruger

Short preamble but a lot going on. Nice to have an unambiguous finish too! Thanks Kruger....

Contrarian

Listener 4334 By Brimstone

Much easier than it first appears, if you know where to start. Thanks Brimstone....

Ruthrobin

Listener 4331 By Loda

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...

AHearer

Listener 4330: Following The Brief By External

A pleasing puzzle with a neatly worded preamble. It's always pleasing to learn something along the way, so many thanks to eXternal. But we're still waiting for the first tough challenge of the year....

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4329 Hedge-Sparrow

How very appropriate and what fun. Many thanks, Hedge-sparrow!

AHearer

Listener 4325, Christmas Break By Poat

The theme has had a lot of exposure recently, but that does not detract from this delightful treatment by Poat. All comes together in a most pleasing way....

AHearer