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Listener 4115: Invisible Ink II by Sabre

Invisible Ink was back in 1995, before I started solving the listener, however I have solved a few of Sabre's puzzles, who often uses ciphers and this is no exception. The grid filling started off...
20:02 Fri 03rd Dec 201074 answers, last by Philoctetes 11:48 Tue 14th Dec 2010
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Listener 4105: Out to Work by Charybdis

Wow...this was great. OK not the most difficult of clues, but what a bundle of fun! Lots of thematic material, the real words making this an extremely clever construction (despite the lack of real...
20:52 Fri 24th Sep 201060 answers, last by JustinTime 07:50 Thu 30th Sep 2010
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Listener 4103: Annual Turnover by Ragtag

Fairly straightforward debut by Ragtag this week. The basics of the theme we have seen in a listener a couple of years back as well as in the EV. I was wondering what the clashes had to do with it,...
19:20 Fri 10th Sep 201087 answers, last by Mysterons 13:03 Fri 24th Sep 2010
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Listener 4100: Table-turning by Kea

This is what the listener is all about. As soon as I saw Kea's name at the top I knew this was going to be good. This was a real challenge, the like we have been missing recently. Masterful...
23:17 Fri 20th Aug 2010110 answers, last by Zabadak 19:19 Fri 10th Sep 2010
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Listener 4097: Half-Thyme by Dipper

In a way typical of what we expect from Dipper, although harder than recent efforts. Initially a quick start developed into a much slower finish. I enjoyed tracking down the herbs but I thought the...
20:35 Fri 30th Jul 201085 answers, last by Mysterons 10:09 Thu 19th Aug 2010
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Listener 4096: Some Assembly Required by Mr E

After part of the theme dawned on me half way through filling in the grid, i was thinking we were in for another stale ending. Luckily the ending took a fair amount of decoding, and it was very...
20:16 Fri 23rd Jul 201067 answers, last by IainGrace 19:39 Sun 01st Aug 2010
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Listener 4086: Back Gate by Tiburon

My first listener from one of the Magpie team (talk about coincidences from last weeks magpie pitch). Obvious misprints made this fairly straightforward to start but tricky to finish. The theme...
20:16 Fri 14th May 201085 answers, last by IainGrace 19:17 Sat 22nd May 2010
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Listener 4085: If I've Told You Once... by Ploy

Ploy gave us a relatively straightforward but interesting grid with "Signal Boxes" and it is the same this week. In fact there is more in the grid than needs to be highlighted. A very...
18:00 Fri 07th May 201068 answers, last by nigel2 09:50 Fri 14th May 2010
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Listener 4085: If I've Told You Once... by Ploy

Ploy gave us a relatively straightforward but interesting grid with "Signal Boxes" and it is the same this week. In fact there is more in the grid than needs to be highlighted. A very...
17:59 Fri 07th May 20106 answers, last by Zabadak 15:19 Sat 08th May 2010
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Listener 4076: Labour by Elint

Tough debut by Elint this week. Very good surface readings with definitions not always directly linked in Chambers, which I felt made it tougher. I was only mentioning a few weeks back that with the...
15:02 Sat 06th Mar 201045 answers, last by Mysterons 09:22 Tue 16th Mar 2010
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Listener 4073: Quartet by MynoT

I think we have turned a corner in terms of difficulty. Another outstanding grid construction. The lack of unches made the task easier once the quotation was got, but the way it all tied in together...
22:33 Fri 12th Feb 201072 answers, last by fancydan 09:41 Fri 19th Feb 2010
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Listener 4072: The Isolated Word by Ten-Four

I am glad there was no dilemmas here (which was the case for me in "A New Year Message" 2008). As with all of the year's listeners so far, the grid was fairly easy easy to fill, but the...
19:54 Fri 05th Feb 201066 answers, last by catstail 11:10 Thu 11th Feb 2010
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Listener 4069: Conversion by Samuel

I very much enjoyed last years penny dropping moment with playtime, and likewise with this weeks listener, it was very neat how it all came together. No ambiguities although one answer I couldn't find...
21:14 Fri 15th Jan 201059 answers, last by Scree 21:52 Thu 28th Jan 2010
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Listener 4050: Recipe by Parsnip

"Pleasant" debut by Parsnip and great for newcomers to the Listener world. One of the easiest of the year so far with several anagrams to get started. [email protected] if you...
16:54 Fri 04th Sep 200934 answers, last by Clamzy 21:05 Thu 10th Sep 2009
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Listener 4048: Rules of Construction by Poat

With the thought that I failed on Poat's last 2 listeners, I knew we would be in for some tough clues. Excellent construction, clues (although i havent worked the wordplay out on a couple yet) and a...
00:37 Sat 22nd Aug 200938 answers, last by alice50 00:03 Sat 29th Aug 2009
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Listener 4042: How to Put On a Little Weight by Charybdis

A while since Charybdis' last Listener (The difficult "Wot no Lines?" in 2007) The grid fill here is much easier, and the quotation was got only after 12 entries. We are left with an ambiguity that...
10:17 Sat 11th Jul 200955 answers, last by darrensma 17:24 Mon 20th Jul 2009
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Listener 4041: Motley Collection by Merlin

Before my time, Merlin's last effort was "Olde Treasure Hunt" in 2006 and won the Listener's gold cup that year I bet we are in for a toughie! Anyone who wants a copy email:...
18:37 Fri 03rd Jul 200935 answers, last by robinruth 20:32 Fri 10th Jul 2009
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Listener 4038: Playtime by Samuel

I am pretty sure there are no ambiguities with Samuel's effort this time! An enjoyable finish, even though many of the extra letters in the clues stood out very blatantly. This type of cluing is hard...
23:24 Fri 12th Jun 200936 answers, last by Mysterons 16:43 Fri 19th Jun 2009
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Listener Crossword 4035

Morning! (or should I say that in French?) This weeks listener is "Half a Dozen" by Nibor Tough one this week to fill the grid because the inserted letters are randomly placed. Liked it because it was...
07:29 Sat 23rd May 200928 answers, last by turnerjmw 23:03 Thu 28th May 2009
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Listener 4027: Command Performance by Centigram

Centrigram gives us this weeks listener with a very nice denouement (better than squaring the circle last year) Although the across anagrams makes it tougher than the clues actually are, there is a...
22:06 Fri 27th Mar 200952 answers, last by robinruth 16:41 Sat 04th Apr 2009

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