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upsetter
Some tricky misprints/removals to negotiate leading to an amusing puzzle.

Luckily the theme is a particular favourite.

Thanks, Skylark.
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Keepatit
A tricky, though not unmanageable gridfill, with one particularly devious clue which required crossers to disambiguate the answer. The final step was pretty tough. I found the inventor from the... ...
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HawkCrossword
I enjoyed this one up to the endgame. If I've got it right - and my answer seems to make sense in a couple of ways - then I found the message from extra words misleading. I'm a big fan of the... ...
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upsetter
A perfectly serviceable Listener puzzle on the medium hardness of the scale - not sure what the technical term is.

The endgame was somewhat underwhelming but not surprising after last week's... ...
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upsetter
An excellent puzzle to start the year. Despite the fiddly nature of finding the clues and all the other elements, an enjoyable solve.

We suspect that other solvers would have seen the literary link... ...
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HawkCrossword
An absorbing Christmas puzzle with clever use of the theme. I think I've submitted what they were looking for, but I'm happy I've incorporated all the elements. Some obscure words and some fine... ...
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HawkCrossword
I really enjoy Brock's Listener puzzles, as they're packed full of quirky details to unpick, and this was no exception. The place I struggled was in selecting the thematic words, as there were... ...
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HawkCrossword
We haven't had many this year which I would categorise as a "beast", but this one's among them. Brilliantly crafted, evil clues throughout, and lots of deception in the endgame - I loved it.... ...
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upsetter
A pleasant enough entry level Listener where the only challenge was our utter lack of knowledge of the theme.

Well constructed but the clues were mostly too simple.
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HawkCrossword
Another complex multi-gimmick puzzle, but leading to an unambiguous result (although 10D also solves with the wrong gimmick). There's a lot of work that's gone into this, some of which I am yet to... ...
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HawkCrossword
It's not my specialist subject, so I feel I made hard work of this one. Having said that, I don't see any other posts, so maybe it's just a very tricky one.  A lot of different gimmicks, but there... ...
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emcee
Excellent, tough puzzle with some added humour. Happy to report I'm not at THAT stage yet. Thanks, [tba]
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upsetter
An interesting gimmick that was not quite as terrifying as it first appeared to be although we got hung up on 34a which with hindsight is a perfectly fair clue.

Thanks, Kea.
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upsetter
A perfectly constructed listener with a slightly unusual gimmick. Briefly held up by a silly error. Thanks, Piccadilly.
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HawkCrossword
There's so little given away in the preamble about the mechanics of this puzzle, I can't really say a lot about it here. But there is a lot to say, and it's a very clever construction which led to... ...
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upsetter
Quite quick to finish but not too easy.
Several tricky clues and an amusing endgame.

Thanks, Vismut.
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Philoctetes
An excellent signing-off from Dysart. No cluing gimmicks, or messages, but some very gnarly clues to get ones teeth into. The theme is well-known, but still takes a lot of finding. A proper... ...
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upsetter
A well constructed and challenging puzzle with an elegant denouement. Many thanks, Stick Insect.
 
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Philoctetes
A nicely chewy puzzle, which was a good workout, for which thanks, Agricola. But a very well-worn theme. Are there not some unexplored cultural backwaters we could mine?
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upsetter
An excellent introductary level listener.

Thanks, Opsimath.

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