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Listener 4834 Bygone Characters By Shark

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... ...

emcee

Listener 4832 Summertime By Harribobs

A neat construction and there was a good variety of clues (a handful being quite tough). The endgame, alas, was a chore -- a nice idea though. Thanks, Harribobs.

upsetter

Listener 4819 By George! By Enigmatist

An extraordinary construction with an astounding amount of thematic material.

A virtuoso performance by Enigmatist.

Many thanks.

upsetter

Listener 4817 Playing With Fire By Lath

A remarkable piece of composition that taxed us to the limit. Thanks, Lath.

HawkCrossword

Listener 4800 - Ready Now By 'Eck

Tough in the extreme, but very rewarding if that's how you like your puzzles. The combination of altered clues, altered entries, carte blanche grid and truly evil clues throughout made this the... ...

perseverer

Listener Crossword 4792

An outstanding puzzle. Good job there is snow on the ground and temperature has not risen above freezing for 2 days so an excuse if it was needed to devote last evening and most of today to... ...

saladdodger

Listener 4790

...doesn't seem to be on the times website yet...or am I doing something wrong??

Keepatit

Listener Crossword 4788 Infeasible

I quite enjoyed this. Plenty to disentangle, thanks to the jumbles, and one of the toughest of the year, so a welcome change. Lots of wide-ranging thematic material, even if the linkage was a... ...

scooke

Rte 43

28a " just another act of apology from Father Jack in the box"saud Ted with great regret(10)?o?t?i?i?n 1d can these bankers come to the rescue? Can if risen to become backers(10)???a???e?s 8a in... ...

maureen

Irish Mail On Sunday 1556

Hi all. 7D Pertaining to celestial bodies, extremely rapid. ?E?E?R?C. Thanks in advance

rozmercer

Rt42

23a - So bit snaps in extreme case of wordiness E?B?N?T? Many thanks in advance

nickgascoign

Guardian Prize 29201 21D

Sport leader must go to make it a safe environment (5) H-V-N The answer is fairly obvious, from the definition in the last two words; but I don't understand why "Sport leader must go ..."

hankir

Iq 1822

IQ is getting tougher each week. No answer lengths are given. Two clues: - Colouring having no good point - Flimsy material recalled Webster’s approach to... ...

upsetter

Listener 4782 Life 2 By Hawk

To be honest we don't quite see the "similar" shapes in the mathematical sense although all the thematic elements resolve themselves nicely.

A tour de force, thanks Hawk.

HawkCrossword

Listener 4781 Joint Submission By Mozart

A fun puzzle, which appeared daunting, but got rapidly easier once answers could be entered into the grid. The endgame was neat, and very little grid staring was required. Many thanks, Mozart! I... ...

HawkCrossword

Listener 4780 Best Available By Kea

Incredible! Easily my favourite Kea puzzle, and the best Listener so far this year. Just so rich in the theme and all the diverse gimmicks throughout. Thanks Kea!

timesquiz

Listener 4777 Rules

Across and down clues are each given in ascending order of their answers….the numbers in brackets are the number of cells in the grid entry. Yet there are grid entries of 2 cells following grid...

alidoc

Help With Parsing Guardian 29087

29d old foot soldiers pack p?l?t?n . The theme of the puzzle is rivers but not in every clue. The only thing a can think of is peloton as in a pack of riders but where does the old soldier come in, I...

hankir

Iq 1818

9 Thematic clues have longer answers than numbers in brackets show. Some other clues have an extra letter in wordplay. 6. Shelter Aussie man leading band (6) 18. Wrong mark since recessive in mutant...

MChis

Ft Jumbo Crossword 17,505

Ft Jumbo crossword 17505 has anyone made sense of the two [See instructions] clues 49a and 21d?

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Listener 4834 Bygone Characters By Shark

Listener 4832 Summertime By Harribobs

Listener 4819 By George! By Enigmatist

Listener 4817 Playing With Fire By Lath

Listener 4800 - Ready Now By 'Eck

Listener Crossword 4792

Listener 4790

Listener Crossword 4788 Infeasible

Rte 43

Irish Mail On Sunday 1556

Rt42

Guardian Prize 29201 21D

Iq 1822

Listener 4782 Life 2 By Hawk

Listener 4781 Joint Submission By Mozart

Listener 4780 Best Available By Kea

Listener 4777 Rules

Help With Parsing Guardian 29087

Iq 1818

Ft Jumbo Crossword 17,505

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