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Listener No 4422: Buried Treasure By Poat

Sod's law dictated that the last couple of clues that resisted my attack included clashes, so I had to resort to reverse logic from a guess at the instruction to nail those. It took me a while to get...

AHearer

Listener No. 4403: No Offence By Artix

That was quite a workout! Unlike several recent Listeners where an early guess at the theme helped a lot with the gridfill, this time I could not tackle the endgame until I had worked my way through...

starwalker

Listener 4400: Three Steps To Heaven By Dysart

I'm not really surprised that no one has posted yet, as this was something of a toughie. I think that I have it all now (at least I have a grid that fulfills the requirements). At first I thought that...

kdgs2

Listener 4395: 6 Across By Shackleton

I thought I might be in for a bit of grid-staring, but the penny dropped after about half an hour. The amount of thematic material and the construction of the messages is most impressive. A worthy...

crosswhit99

Listener 4386

Quite an appropriate puzzle given the weather we have been having this week ! Relieved that it didn't take too long to crack as we have the pleasure of another Schadenfreude puzzle to occupy us...

jim360

Ev: Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 1210: Whodunnit? By Ranunculus

This is a seriously good crossword. Nothing too hard but full to bursting with thematic material, something to smile at in every clue. Wonderful stuff, Ranunculus. I can't say I completely understand...

AHearer

Listener No. 4380: Stomach My Mynot

I didn't even think of trying to fit the entries into the grid until I had cold-solved all but six. A couple of false starts, but as usual with this sort of puzzle once a few had slotted together the...

tnap

The Listener 4370: Hefbeet By Yorick

I am surprised that there seem to be no other posts, as I am usually quite slow at solving. Anyway, an enjoyable workout from Yorick, although one that required a lot of careful cross-checking.

jockie

Listener 4368: The Name Of The Game By Harribobs

This has got to be the most ambiguous preamble ever. Nice easy grid-fill, but ... Is the starting point "the completed grid" or what you get using the "information"? Is the starting point the zeroth...

tilbee

Listener No 4367: Identity Crisis By Sabre

An excellent challenge from Sabre, and certainly had to use all the available information to make headway on this. Full quotation and author only revealing itself right at the end.

AHearer

Ev1190: Legend By Shackleton

A very nice puzzle, for which many thanks to Shackleton My artistic skills are being severely tested, though -- 'loosely' does not begin to describe the inadequacy of my attempts to draw the required...

Ruthrobin

Times Listener No 4359 The Tall'n

Lovely, thank you, The Tall'n. There was a fine series of penny drop moments leading to a most satisfactory conclusion. Many thanks.

jockie

Ev 1185

Grid filled, 11 excised items stared at, and stared at, and ... Can anyone provide a hint about the "oeuvre"? Is it a book or what? I've ruled out 12 Angry Men and Die Meistersingers, but that's all I...

AHearer

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...

trux

Listener 4353 A Ghost Story By Kevgar

All over rather too quickly for my liking, but I enjoyed the join-up-the-dots picture-forming. Clues perhaps a bit easy for this outlet. Anyhow, now plenty of time for tennis and/or sweltering in the...

Contrarian

Listener No 4347 Pairs By Elap

Fairly easy entry to the puzzle, but took me a while to see the final step. Thanks Elap....

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....