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Listener No. 4406: .....

Whew!! Actually, the first Playfair was not too bad, as a code phrase that long tends to lead to a bunch of letters left over that, as long as one or two of them appear in the hints, help a lot. I...

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Listener No. 4405: Revision By Tangram

Nice and straightforward. I felt we could have been left to work out for ourselves which entry was reversed, and I wasn't too keen on the cryptic clues to the second line, but it's always good to be...

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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...

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Listener No 4397: We'll Always Be Together By Flying Tortoise

Thanks, Flying Tortoise (glad you weren't used in the experiment -- if it really took place). Nice to have a hands-on puzzle again. A fairly straightforward set of clues, and very clear instructions....

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Listener 4396: The Listener Audience By Pointer

Had a lucky start because a few of my early solves contained relatively uncommon letters, so the grid-fill could start quickly. Nice clues, with a nice balance of easy and tricky. Once I had the full...

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...

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Listener No 4394: Against Expectatios By Duck

I had to do a lot of cold solving before I could be sure which were the rogues, but once they were identified it all fell into place quite neatly. A few words to add to the vocabulary, too. Many...

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Listener No. 4393: Vingt-Et-Un By Little Hare

Another pleasant puzzle, with unambiguous clues and a pretty, if straightforward, end-game. Thanks to Little Hare, both for the puzzle and for sending me back to the source of the message....

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Listener No 4392: A Conversation By Kevgar

Nice straightforward clues, and a theme that never fails to raise a smile. Familiarity with the theme, guessed early, made is possible to see where some clashes were going to be before both...

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Listener No 4390: Castaways By External

That was good fun. I have to admit that I used the extra words to deduce the first six relevant entries, and only then sat down to work out what the husband and wife had been up to. I suppose it might...

kdgs2

Listener 4389: Teeing Off By Nutmeg

A very satisfying puzzle this one, and thankfully easier to make inroads into than last week's. Everything fell into place quite quickly once I had enough answers to have a go at grid entry. I like...

upsetter

Listener No. 4388: Cycle 20% More By Smudge

Six answers entered after six hours of solving - anyone else doing better?

TheBear69

Listener 4387

Thanks, Emu, for a well-constructed homage a great work of art. Not among the more difficult Listeners, but that does not detract from its excellence. I assume the ambiguity of one of the abbreviated...

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...

Ruthrobin

Listener 4385

What a delightful compilation. Thank you dragon. We have really enjoyed this.

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Listener No. 4384: Xl By Harpy

That was a lot of fun. It took me longer than it should have to spot what was going on in the Group B clues, even though I had seen what the instruction told me to do elsewhere. Many thanks, Harpy,...

Ruthrobin

Listener Display By Aedites

Very enjoyable, thank you Aedites, and not too much frustrating grid staring.

Ruthrobin

Listener No 4382 Migration By Malva

How good to see what I believe is a new name and a relatively rare device (those migrating letters). We have enjoyed this. Many thanks to Malva.

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Listener No. 4381: Awful By Towser

In my version, it's terrible, but thanks to Towser for raising a smile....

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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...

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Listener No. 4406: .....

Listener No. 4405: Revision By Tangram

Listener No. 4403: No Offence By Artix

Listener No 4397: We'll Always Be Together By Flying Tortoise

Listener 4396: The Listener Audience By Pointer

Listener 4395: 6 Across By Shackleton

Listener No 4394: Against Expectatios By Duck

Listener No. 4393: Vingt-Et-Un By Little Hare

Listener No 4392: A Conversation By Kevgar

Listener No 4390: Castaways By External

Listener 4389: Teeing Off By Nutmeg

Listener No. 4388: Cycle 20% More By Smudge

Listener 4387

Listener 4386

Listener 4385

Listener No. 4384: Xl By Harpy

Listener Display By Aedites

Listener No 4382 Migration By Malva

Listener No. 4381: Awful By Towser

Listener No. 4380: Stomach My Mynot

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