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IainGrace

Listener 4527

Excellent challenge beautifully constructed. Shirley Curran is always good value as a setter. Fortunately for us G spotted the quotation very early on, which helped significantly.
19:54 Fri 02nd Nov 201814 answers, last by Scree 15:07 Mon 12th Nov 2018
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Contrarian

Listener No. 4438 Can't You Do Division? By Oyler

Thanks Oyler for another brilliant puzzle. Is there any way we can access the original puzzle from 50 years ago?...
17:47 Fri 17th Feb 201717 answers, last by olichant 12:47 Wed 22nd Feb 2017
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AHearer

Listener No 4372: Seldom Seen By Piccadilly

Anything I say will set off yet another argument about easy and hard Listeners, so I'll leave it at thanking Piccadilly for a brief spell of entertainment....
16:54 Fri 13th Nov 201544 answers, last by rhona121 17:21 Fri 20th Nov 2015
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u10

Listener Historical Archive

Does anyone know where I can gain access to the online version of the old BBC magazine "The Listener"? Plenty of Universities subscribe to it but that's no good if you don't attend. Do any...
12:46 Sun 04th Dec 20113 answers, last by u10 21:10 Sat 07th Nov 2015
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AHearer

Listener No 4355: Shorthand Crosses By Aragon

A lovely construction, with fairly straightforward clues. I hadn't come across the verse, and have only been able to locate the vital couplet -- if the rest of it is available I hope somebody will...
17:10 Fri 17th Jul 201543 answers, last by Whenland 17:53 Thu 23rd Jul 2015
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Ruthrobin

Listener No4341 What's On By Nod

This has produced a giggle but it was a tough solve until the message appeared and we are going to have to be very careful with our checking of our final grid. What an amusing and original idea. Many...
16:57 Fri 10th Apr 201548 answers, last by IainGrace 19:23 Fri 17th Apr 2015
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TheBear69

Listener 4326, Coincidence By Sabre

I've searched bu apparently there is no Friday club for this very difficult offering by Sabre. I just got 17acr so I've finally finished. Phew! One of the hardest of the year, for sure. Thanks Sabre!...
16:07 Sat 27th Dec 201451 answers, last by sunny-dave 12:19 Mon 05th Jan 2015
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AHearer

Listener 4303: Qvwke Vbcfa By Nutmeg

Good fun, with sufficiently straightforward clues to render it not too challenging. I think 'across the grid' must be interpreted as 'all the way across the grid' to resolve ambiguities in entering...
17:00 Fri 18th Jul 201435 answers, last by the_heisman 11:47 Wed 23rd Jul 2014
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trux

Listener Crossword No 4301 It's Over Here! By Jago

Have just taken up my £1 special offer for first month of my Times subscription, and do hope I shall get better value for money in the coming weeks. I regret to say that this is just not up to...
15:31 Fri 04th Jul 201466 answers, last by Oyler 12:28 Thu 10th Jul 2014
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devadolly

Ev 1118 T20 By Oyler

Forget it! All is forgiven Mr O.
11:39 Sun 13th Apr 201446 answers, last by tramart 07:23 Thu 17th Apr 2014
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trux

Listener 4250 2016111214 91885 By Bero

Oh, what a struggle that was! Took me far too long to twig how to get started, and then progress was at snail's pace. Can't say that I'm a great fan (bring back last week's them any time!!) but it...
20:54 Fri 12th Jul 201359 answers, last by trux 17:26 Fri 07th Feb 2014
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jim360

Listener Crossword 4242: Killer Queen By Gwizardry

At times this was deeply frustrating -- after making a lot of progress all at once I lost track of what I knew and what I didn't. Eventually managed to make the breakthrough once I made use of a real...
20:18 Fri 17th May 201357 answers, last by Alekhine 22:15 Tue 28th May 2013
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Ruthrobin

Listener No 4214 A Noted Performance by Nutmeg

This must be our fastest solve ever but what a pleasure to have a straight-forward crossword by an accomplished setter (who is the B crossword in this month's Magpie too - Magpie plug). The theme is...
16:33 Fri 02nd Nov 201260 answers, last by Rhone 06:55 Sun 11th Nov 2012
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AndrewG-S

Listener 4209 City Crossing Tour by Merlin

Grid fill was not too bad and I have the location name and the famous puzzle. Am in the middle of finding the various thematic elements, not sure whether I will press on tonight or have a break until...
20:27 Fri 28th Sep 201265 answers, last by jim360 14:31 Fri 05th Oct 2012
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upsetter

Listener 4200, The Missing Vowels Round by Shackleton

well, that's the PDM and the Antihesis out of the way, now for the clues...
16:43 Fri 27th Jul 201279 answers, last by Philoctetes 16:11 Wed 08th Aug 2012
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mintyman99

Spectator 2066 Saturday June 2nd 2012

http://www.spectator....7878773/crossword.pdf...
05:47 Thu 31st May 201232 answers, last by mintyman99 16:53 Tue 05th Jun 2012
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Zabadak

Listener 4189, 8 by 13

Best of luck with this one, everybody. I nearly quit with it being a carte blanche (sort of - at least we have word lengths) with indeterminate numbers of letters to be removed from clues, clashing...
04:06 Sat 12th May 201290 answers, last by Postigod 13:44 Tue 22nd May 2012
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midazolam

Listener 4187: Prize and Prize-winner by Dysart

The lack of numbers in the grid didnt hold this puzzle up for long and now having obtained a full grid, the author, birthplace, the removed five letter collection and one of the three novels...
16:50 Fri 27th Apr 201270 answers, last by IainGrace 16:13 Sun 06th May 2012
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crockshard

AZED Christmas

Has anyone completed this? Downloaded it this afternoon, and have struggled to fill 40% of the grid (lots of scribblings in margins!). Now am at a complete standstill. Have checked AB for others who...
19:43 Mon 19th Dec 201110 answers, last by crockshard 21:52 Tue 20th Dec 2011
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gribble

Listener 4159

I have completed grid and have the four unclued entries, and after much searching (about which I know nothing) I can see 'acanthus' in top row, any hints re the other thematic answer and/or the hidden...
18:11 Thu 20th Oct 201113 answers, last by gribble 17:29 Sat 22nd Oct 2011

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