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Listener No. 4452: Bobs By Nud

Nice straightforward offering this week. Tidy clues, and a fairly easy them to spot. Many thanks, Nud.

Listener 4451 Numerical Playfair By Zag

Typical Zag, original concept. Not my cup of tea (but then numericals aren't), but appreciate the way it was constructed to an unambiguous gridfill.

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Listener No. 4447: Influence By The Tall'n

A nice puzzle, with a decent sprinkling of straightforward clues to get one started. I was lucky in getting the last few acrosses and the first few downs at an early stages, and that gave me a great...

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4444 Food For Thought By Handyman

Sheer delight, thank you, Handyman. What beautifully clear cluing and fun from start to finish.

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Listener No. 4443: Not The Rockies By Kruger

I admit, I made heavy weather of that. The problem was that I didn't get 1d for ages -- not, in fact, until I had cold-solved most of the clues, sorted out the guidance, and got some way through a...

Hagen

Listener 4441 It's Dark Up Here By Colleague

I loved this. The PDM really made me laugh, and I’m a great fan of the secondary element of the theme. Excellent clues and a tidy final stage that progressed logically from the theme without a trace...

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Listener No 4439: Where Falls The Axe By Hedge-Sparrow

Another delightfully crafted puzzle by Hedge-sparrow. It wasn't until I had the theme that I could fill the outline of the top left corner and thereby start to fill what was up to then a blank space....

Contrarian

Listener No. 4438 Can't You Do Division? By Oyler

Thanks Oyler for another brilliant puzzle. Is there any way we can access the original puzzle from 50 years ago?...

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Listener No. 4434: Addresses By Kevgar

Now that I'm done, I'm embarrassed at how long it took me -- I was trying to sort out the first line of the address as I went along, and the P didn't D until right at the end. Many thanks, KevGar,...

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Listener No. 4433: Yes You Can By Atlas

The year is still young, and already we have a new setter: welcome, Atlas. I found this trickier than I expected, with some of the incorrect letters hard to spot even when I had the entry, and...

Ruthrobin

Listener 4431

A lovely bit of fun for the last of the year. Thanks to Lavatch

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Listener No. 4429: Battleships By Paddock

That took longer than it should: for some reason the NE and SW corners were, for me, much harder than the other two. A nice idea (though an icy shiver ran down my spine as I tried to imagine how this...

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Listener No. 4428: Classic Fm Track By Aelfre

A nice brief escape from reality, not at all frightening. A good one for beginners at the Listener. Many thanks, Aelfre. Main problem is going to be writing small enough!

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Listener No 4426: Dah-Di-Dah-Di-Dah By Harribobs

Thank goodness for the message, as it allowed me to correct a couple of mistakes in my modification of the grid! Thanks, Harribobs, that was fun....

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Listener No 4424: Fieldwork By Ferret

I was a bit later than usual getting started (shopping -- AARGH!) so was glad to find a reasonably straightforward puzzle from Ferret. Thank you, that was fun....

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Listener No 4423: A Bit Up In The Air By Phi

A much easier ride than last week's, but with a very neat anagram to settle the final step. I had to work back from the phrase and its anagram to sort out two of the extra words. Many thanks to Phi....

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Listener No. 4420: King's Album By Stick Insect

Quite a pretty treatment of the theme, with a pleasingly accurate representation in the grid. Fairly straightforward clues meant quite a quick solve, despite the large number of grid entries. Many...

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Listener No 4417: Hms Arcady By Hedge-Sparrow

A lucky identification after half a dozen letters of the poet and I was off to a good start as I learned the poem at school, and these things never leave you! As Hedge-sparrow has crammed such a mass...

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Listener No 4416: Up To 10 Items? By Wan

I don't suppose you'd believe me if I said I'd had to break off to cook the supper, so I'll confess that with most issues resolved and the highlighting done I had two irritating letters still to enter...

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Listener No 4414: Quads Ii By Shark

I really enjoyed this one. I was held up a bit in the north-east corner at stage one, got my coloured pens out to keep track of what had to be preserved at stage two, had a chuckle at the elegance of...

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Listener No. 4452: Bobs By Nud

Listener 4451 Numerical Playfair By Zag

Listener No. 4447: Influence By The Tall'n

Listener No 4444 Food For Thought By Handyman

Listener No. 4443: Not The Rockies By Kruger

Listener 4441 It's Dark Up Here By Colleague

Listener No 4439: Where Falls The Axe By Hedge-Sparrow

Listener No. 4438 Can't You Do Division? By Oyler

Listener No. 4434: Addresses By Kevgar

Listener No. 4433: Yes You Can By Atlas

Listener 4431

Listener No. 4429: Battleships By Paddock

Listener No. 4428: Classic Fm Track By Aelfre

Listener No 4426: Dah-Di-Dah-Di-Dah By Harribobs

Listener No 4424: Fieldwork By Ferret

Listener No 4423: A Bit Up In The Air By Phi

Listener No. 4420: King's Album By Stick Insect

Listener No 4417: Hms Arcady By Hedge-Sparrow

Listener No 4416: Up To 10 Items? By Wan

Listener No 4414: Quads Ii By Shark

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