A decent puzzle. Most of the normal clues were straightforward but I found a couple of halves of the double clues quite tough.
It all came together neatly enough in the end.
Thanks, Phi....
The clues were generally good, although there were a couple of instances where I had determined an extra word in a clue when there wasn't meant to be one. The shading of the 13 cells was...
A decent puzzle with a good mixture of clue difficulty.
The combinations produced results that I had been unaware of before. It's amazing what you don't notice!
Thanks, Buff....
A straightforward gridfill with some attitude added in the endgame.
I thought the final part was clever; one of those "you know when it's right" moments hits you.
Thanks, Ferret....
No thread started according to my search. More straightforward than last week's puzzle -- but that wouldn't be difficult. I thought the clues were quite easy and the first name is clear enough. The...
Can't find an existing thread which is surprising. I thought the puzzle was neat enough, the clues were reasonably straightforward. An interesting theme but I would have preferred our own equivalent...
(I don't think there's an existent thread) This was a very neat puzzle and, mercifully, the clues were far easier than last week's puzzle. Nevertheless, there were some tricky clues... The endgame was...
Not a bad puzzle although some of the 3 letter entries made it difficult to ascertain the extra letter. Initially I had a perfectly acceptable alternative answer for 29ac. Not my kind of theme at all....
I'm surprised there isn't a thread ... perhaps there is, and the Search facility is failing again. I finished this puzzle last night which must be a first with Sabre and tells me it wasn't as...
A fantastic puzzle celebrating a memorable moment. I solved the clues quite quickly but found the long endgame quite fiddly. My only snag is that I have an "I" left over to fit in the bottom row and...
Can't find another thread so ... This is 'Puzzle of the Year' for me thus far; but at a price as it has been a very tough solve. The five different types of clue made for difficult solving as one had...
Apologies if another thread has begun; nothing is showing up that it has. On reading the preamble I thought this looked tricky (if not downright impossible). However, the start of the puzzle was very...
I've tried searching but there doesn't seem to be a thread in existence. So ... This was another great crossword which has rounded off a superb year for the Listener puzzle. I thought the clues were...
Another tough puzzle but not as bad as last week's by a long chalk. Once the entry method had been deduced it was much easier to make progress; initially I spent much time staring at the clues without...
A gentler one this week after last week's humdinger. I enjoyed this; the penny drop and endgame was quite satisfying so thanks to Ottorino. Thanks also for educating me with something I never knew...
I've only just started to look at this. It immediately occurs to me that those fourth powers are also square numbers so surely they will satisfy both properties. But this isn't allowed according to...
I haven't been able to find another thread so here goes ... I thought this was quite a straightforward offering this week; the clues didn't take too long to solve. There will be some argument about...