At first I thought this was going to be a doddle thanks to some generous clues, but it wasn't at all. Stumbled on the theme fairly early on but working out the message from the extra letters,...
No one here? I've finished this - it's multi-layered and multi-splendoured. I hope my solution is the correct one - the second part of the spare word initials might allow different interpretations....
Took me far too long to twig on to this. Some tough, intricate clues and a few extra letters that could be one or the other - but all is revealed very neatly in the end. A work I possess and shall...
A theme we've seen before I think and one I must revisit. A record time for me and there'll probably be faster ones. On the easy side - but why not? The weather's good and a relief after that spate of...
Either the thread is hiding again or I'm up here first, which I find a bit unlikely. Either I made a complete dog's dinner of this or it was quite difficult to sort out. Devotees might be on to this...
I thoroughly enjoyed this. A classic Listener in a way and challenging enough too in parts; excellent tricky clues involving the switching of words and a theme I wasn't familiar with gradually and...
I can't be the first, surely? I can't remember when I last sat in front of a Listener for so long with so little idea of what was going on. My first trawl through the clues produced virtually nothing...
Perhaps this was the slightly gentler one we've been needing. Some fairly tough clues but nothing unduly obscure and the instructions emerge quite readily (with a bit of creative guessing here and...
This was less fearsome than the preamble suggested it was going to be. All done and dusted apart from seeing how the switching of letter and symbol works - I'll leave that till tomorrow. An odd...
I was lucky enough to stumble on a theme not at all familiar to me and a bit of targeted googling got me most of the rest of it - except I'm now left with a few clashes that don't seem to belong......
Have finished this more or less and very fine it is too - except that I'm left with several ambiguous cells and no indication that I can see on how to resolve this. The subject of line 2 also eludes...
This wasn't quite as fiendish as I'd feared at first. Just two items to nail and a couple of the devilries to place and that's hopefully that. A great challenge with some very tough clues. Required...
A fairly gentle workout after the rigours of the last weeks but highly enjoyable nonetheless. Steady progress by trial and error after the first grid entry leads to a neat endgame. Many thanks to...
This was pretty tough. I have three of the five characters, so i hope it's just a matter of time and that I can shortly get back to listening and not listener. Highly engrossing - many thanks to...
I can't be the first, can I? A nice gentle workout and amusing connections, one unknown to me although a fan of the area concerned. A slight quibble with the number of cells involving the "ensuing...
Whole grid done and dusted while listening to TMS. Am slightly stumped though by the precise nature of the final step which seems to offer two final directions - but I'm sure that will resolve itself...
24dn Like part of Trousseau, look, one that's worn on top. (6, 2 words) The only answer that fits doesn't seem to fit the wordplay. My third letter is an L, and I have someting connected with...
