"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...
OK, 33d driving me nuts. I have ?N?E?R?G?L and assume last three are GAL (Gaul without U), but all I can come up with is INTERREGAL (in + terre + gaul without u), and I can't find that in any...
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...
Good afternoon everyone. Just having a look to see if there was anyone there and I found a post from a prospective new member of the N & Cing club dr b has already extended a welcome, which I endorse,...
In the absence of our good friend greyfox here is a link to todays puzzle- http://www.spectator.co.uk/article_assets/arti cledir_10552/5276243/crossword.pdf I found it a bit disappointing but see what...
I wonder how people are getting on with this one. I found that all but one of the "normal" clues fell in fairly quickly, but now I'm staring at an almost-full grid with no idea how to progress. Any...
Congratulations to anyone who has finished this. It's tough, much more difficult than anything the Listener series has had to offer this year. I have six entries to make, with 22ac being the most...
Enjoyable, and far less taxing than last week. No doubt the theme will not please everybody, but it's very prettily executed, with great economy and no ambiguity.
Can you help with these two clues? Please note that each clue contains a redundant word! 1) A load on wheel edge- does it leave pitted appearance ? (8) 2) No longer being intact clue's shifting in...
An exquisite construction by Kea, with a very pretty ending. I found myself making some wild stabs based on the definitions and then working back to the misprinted wordplay before it all fell into...