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Listener 4694 Follow The Directions Again By Artix.

A brilliantly devised trap for the unwary, into which of course I fell. I was expecting to finish this in almost record time until I got to the last stage when, despite having considered the main...

professorplum13

Parses Please:

there is an extra letter in the clue... 9d Hello, perhaps none are tips from nefarious sorcerers MAGIANS NS from NefariouS but the rest? 16d Seven plugs covering part of column SCAPE ....... CAPE is...

sunny-dave

Listener 4692 - Whodunnit? By Kruger

What a grand puzzle - a carte-blanche with a couple of entry points and then some excellent clueing to make it a real challenge. Well hidden wrong letters too, in a couple of cases. Loved the endgame...

Hagen

Listener 4691 Something In Common By Lionheart

Many thanks to the Times for providing a Christmas Listener, which I particularly appreciate as the current situation meant I couldn't get over to the UK to see my family. A nice festive Listener,...

upsetter

Listener 4690 Hatched? Matched? Despatched? By Ifor

A great theme and also a personal favourite. The final instruction is still a bit confusing although it didn't hinder the final grid fill. Thanks, Ifor....

HawkCrossword

Listener 4686 Dice Nets By Arden

Either a) I haven't found the right thread, b) folks have found this one difficult, or c) nobody bothers reviewing numericals any more. I had a brief conversation on Twitter with a numericals-hater...

Hagen

Listener 4685 To Good Friends By Little Hare

The leporine one always comes up with good puzzles and this didn't disappoint. I found this tricky, not least that it took me a fair while to see how the jumbles could be entered. There are variant...

Philoctetes

Listener 4684 Excess By Aedites

Straightforward perhaps, but well put together with some nice clues and good misprints. One of those that hooked you and kept you in till the last letter. thanks Aedites

HawkCrossword

Listener 4682 Round Table Man By Banjaluka

I remember when just about every other Listener Crossword used to be like this. Tough clues, tough theme and tough endgame. I thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks Banjaluka!...

upsetter

Listener 4681 1 41 6:10 By Colleague

Phew - just finished. A bit of light relief, so now back to last week's monster. Thanks, Colleague....

emcee

Listener 4679 Basic Fact By Opsimath

Oh dear ... well that didn't take very long. Where's The Listener puzzle this week?...

upsetter

Listener 4678 Bleak Expectations By Mira

Great fun - bags of thematic material and an amusing endgame. Thanks, Mira....

Hagen

Listener 4677 Variety Show By Enigmatist

I can't find another thread even though this puzzle has taken me 15 hours over two days. So here goes. I have never spent this long on any crossword - not even when I started with the Listener 25...

HawkCrossword

Listener 4673 Chessboard Carte Blanche By Hedgehog

An unusual, but not difficult numerical. Once I'd broken through, the chessboard restriction made the solution easily accessible with pen and paper, which is exactly how a numerical should be - thanks...

HawkCrossword

Listener 4672 Form..ation By Mr E

A very enjoyable extra word puzzle, made challenging by excellent clues throughout - thanks, Mr E! The endgame is not difficult to spot, but I don't understand why we need to highlight the...

Hagen

Listener 4671 Ours By Xanthippe

A terrifying preamble. Ugh. Jumbles. Double ugh. Definition/letter mix clues. Ugh to the nth power. Yet this was brilliant! Once the method of entry of the across revealed itself, a smile was...

IainGrace

Listener 4669

My better half cracked what was going on at an early stage. Good fun.

HawkCrossword

Listener 4668 Impossible Construction By Serpent

A very clever construction - thanks Serpent! It required a fair amount of cold-solving to get started, but thankfully the clues were all fair and accessible, so identifying the feature wasn't too much...

Hagen

Listener 4667 Classicist By Gorrag

Extremely difficult, and unless I've missed something after hours of searching, a certain amount of insider knowledge is necessary to understand some of the thematic connections. I don't possess that...

upsetter

Listener 4666 Octet By Hedge-Sparrow

A much lighter workout that the last two weeks but tremendous fun all the same. Thanks Hedge-sparrow....

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Listener 4694 Follow The Directions Again By Artix.

Parses Please:

Listener 4692 - Whodunnit? By Kruger

Listener 4691 Something In Common By Lionheart

Listener 4690 Hatched? Matched? Despatched? By Ifor

Listener 4686 Dice Nets By Arden

Listener 4685 To Good Friends By Little Hare

Listener 4684 Excess By Aedites

Listener 4682 Round Table Man By Banjaluka

Listener 4681 1 41 6:10 By Colleague

Listener 4679 Basic Fact By Opsimath

Listener 4678 Bleak Expectations By Mira

Listener 4677 Variety Show By Enigmatist

Listener 4673 Chessboard Carte Blanche By Hedgehog

Listener 4672 Form..ation By Mr E

Listener 4671 Ours By Xanthippe

Listener 4669

Listener 4668 Impossible Construction By Serpent

Listener 4667 Classicist By Gorrag

Listener 4666 Octet By Hedge-Sparrow

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