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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4270 Alma Mater By Oyler

Full marks, Oyler! Sheer joy to have a numerical Listener with a theme. I never thought I would open the thread for a numerical. This will make our Listener year! Yippee - great fun!...
18:44 Fri 29th Nov 201339 answers, last by topa 16:22 Sat 21st Dec 2013
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Monkmonk

Listener 4269 Journey To The Centre By Ilver

I’m surprised that no one has yet commented on this first-class puzzle. Not the usual numerical but a thoroughly entertaining exercise in logic as well as plenty of clues to solve. Thank you, Ilver....
06:28 Sat 23rd Nov 201363 answers, last by Whenland 18:40 Sun 15th Dec 2013
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Warden

Listener 4268 Check This Out By Charybdis

Enjoying this so far. I have a full grid but, as yet, don't understand the instruction. Think I'll leave it till tomorrow, as inspiration often comes after a break....
18:21 Fri 15th Nov 201333 answers, last by IainGrace 17:30 Sat 23rd Nov 2013
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trux

Listener Crossword No 4267 German Serial Composition By Quinapalus

Certainly this theme was something new to me, and I am not sure that I understand all of its nuances but have managed to complete the final grid even so. Some very deft touches in both the clues and...
19:04 Fri 08th Nov 201342 answers, last by JackDeCrow 16:08 Thu 14th Nov 2013
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AHearer

Listener No 4265 Ability By Kruger

Again, not too tricky. I admit, though, to having got the word from the quotation rather than by more direct means, and I should go back and check where two of the letters came from. Thanks, Kruger....
17:11 Fri 25th Oct 201321 answers, last by sunny-dave 16:32 Tue 29th Oct 2013
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starwalker

Listener Crossword 4262 - One Across By Mr Magoo

Was a bit upset to have to put the latest Magpie (plug, plug) aside, but lo and behold - it's a Magoo ! With just a couple of clues to go, the light has dawned and the penny has hit the ground. Just a...
16:43 Fri 04th Oct 201348 answers, last by the_heisman 12:39 Fri 11th Oct 2013
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BobHWW

Listener 4261 Chefs By Cubic

A nice gentle solve after last week's rather tough one. Sneaky title!
17:37 Fri 27th Sep 201353 answers, last by Postigod 19:00 Sat 05th Oct 2013
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emcee

Listener 4259: Redraw By Nod

A quickly filled grid but the endgame is proving elusive. Let the head-scratching begin...
18:13 Fri 13th Sep 201336 answers, last by sunny-dave 16:42 Sun 29th Sep 2013
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Warden

Listener 4257 'a Short Entertainment' By Ferret

A short entertainment indeed, but most enjoyable, and bringing back happy memories. Quite a relief after last week's numerical grind.
16:21 Fri 30th Aug 201325 answers, last by Whenland 09:04 Thu 05th Sep 2013
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olichant

Listener 4255 - On The Rocks By Dipper

I think I got (unusually) lucky with the gridfill on this, but even so, it was not quite as intimidating as the preamble led me to fear. A fun and fair workout with some entertaining clues. Thanks,...
17:12 Fri 16th Aug 201340 answers, last by the_heisman 08:21 Wed 21st Aug 2013
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Alekhine

Listener 4254 (Political Correctness Gone Mad By Waterloo)

Almost midnight and no thread yet? Something wrong, surely? This wasn't that hard....
22:47 Fri 09th Aug 201339 answers, last by IainGrace 14:34 Sun 18th Aug 2013
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dr b

Listener 4253 All Change By Dilwitch

I can certainly appreciate the masterful job of constructing the puzzle, but this one ranked low on the fun-o-meter for me. No pennies to drop or endgame to solve, so it was just a matter of slogging...
19:43 Fri 02nd Aug 201335 answers, last by IainGrace 23:15 Thu 08th Aug 2013
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trux

Listener No 4252 Carte Blanche By Lavatch

Wowee! Amazing stuff, but really hard to fathom initially and then, and then...all of it starts to fall into place ... pause ... think again ... think again ... Eureka!! A joy, Mr Lavatch. Many, many...
11:08 Sat 27th Jul 201351 answers, last by IainGrace 18:36 Wed 07th Aug 2013
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dr b

Listener 4251 Unchless By Corylus

Certainly, a breather after last week's toughie, but good fun nonetheless. Not much else to say about this one, I think.
17:18 Fri 19th Jul 201330 answers, last by Cloverjo 20:33 Tue 23rd Jul 2013
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olichant

Listener 4249 Play's Opening By Shark

This seemed so easy at first - until half the grid was filled and I was suddenly utterly stumped. Even with almost all the grid filled, the penny took a long time to drop. But what a clever treatment...
23:29 Fri 05th Jul 201331 answers, last by Staurologist 10:27 Mon 15th Jul 2013
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starwalker

Listener 4248 Class By Augeas

Lovely and straightforward puzzle. Glad that the highlighting is optional, although I'm sure that JEG will be generous on the interpretation of the shade. Thanks Augeas for bringing back some happy...
16:26 Fri 28th Jun 201338 answers, last by Texasetes 13:09 Sat 20th Jul 2013
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Zabadak

Listener 4244 At Spes Non Fracta By Chalicea

Persuaded out of a Listener sabbatical by the early posting on the website, I worked my way through this (thankfully) relatively straightforward issue at a steady pace and with just enough enthusiasm....
12:21 Fri 31st May 201340 answers, last by tramart 12:42 Thu 06th Jun 2013
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trux

Listener Crossword 4240: Forlor By Nutmeg

Sheer joy! And wholly agree with her sentiments....skilfully put together, and with many a clever clue amongst them (particularly liked 32a and 17d). As ever, gridfill speeds up after PDM and with...
18:51 Fri 03rd May 201341 answers, last by EdgeofDarkness 18:51 Fri 10th May 2013
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dr b

Listener 4239 Laureate By Wasp

A fun puzzle, I thought. The theme was unknown to me, so some Googling once the message from the omitted letters was clear was needed. Wikipedia to the rescue. A little more work was needed to get all...
18:39 Fri 26th Apr 201364 answers, last by jim360 19:09 Sat 18th May 2013
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Ruthrobin

Listener 4238 Typtoing In Grammar's Footsteps

This has be tremendous fun. Many thank Jaques, I too is typtoing in grammar's footstep's. (Actually finding the message about what solver's mus't do symmetrically helped enormous - smile!)
17:26 Fri 19th Apr 201355 answers, last by IainGrace 10:09 Sat 27th Apr 2013

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