I had just finished, and thoroughly enjoyed, a Hedge-sparrow puzzle in Magpie and found myself treated to another directly. This one looked daunting from the preamble, but it didn’t turn out to be too...
What a splendid puzzle - a worthy commemoration for Waterloo.
Easy (for sure) but lots of fun, involving some cute lateral thinking by the setter.
Very neatly done indeed....
This was pretty tough. I have three of the five characters, so i hope it's just a matter of time and that I can shortly get back to listening and not listener. Highly engrossing - many thanks to...
With seemingly no-one yet posting I thought I would have some fun as I have not started a thread before. Some clues a lot trickier than recent weeks given the varying clue options etc., I'm only about...
11a. Howlers spotted ...ha-ha-ha (6) H---a- 6d. Produce space to create it (4,4) -a--room AGRIWORD 645. 1. Acquiescence to the assignment given to an undersea vessel (10) --b-i-s-o- 1d. This is not...
(sorry started on wrong site, apparently) - so repeat here : Well, we had all been moaning that the Big L was getting to be the Big EZ ... not this week, mefears but after a mammoth struggle, have now...
For the second week running we have a brilliant new Listener setter (though Shark appears regularly in the IQ, EV and Magpie series) and what impeccable cluing. This was sheer pleasure with pdm...
I've just got the theme and title and am, as usual, thoroughly enjoying this puzzle. The three different types of clue were a challenge to start with but it all works out very nicely. Many thanks for...
DITLOID - 2 S in the K of D M MUDDLESOME (French Painter) MENU LOCATED CLOCKWISE - Dark ages king Of?? 12345 represent a letter Though my 13425 was 5342 to me, I finally allowed a 142132 to do the...
Stuck on 48 ac which I think is AUTHORIAL Writer's humble origins principally covered in a university examination 56 ac L.S.... Female is involved in endless corresponence. 28 dn t.a...e. One...
Hi, a friend has asked me if I can help with the following. The answer is a body part (no of letters unknown) Clue:- follow with a duster. She has been wrestling with this one for two days, and I, too...
Answers are all perfumes Letters in brackets are brand name and numbers are amount of words: eg. Seraphim or Gabriel (TM 1) Tierry Muegler Angel 6) If I exercise at night does this make me a gym owl...
4a) Some people might bet the right one is involved (5) ?R??? 6d) In addition, sees bid made for it (7) ??S?M?S 8d) Start with an endless comment on glue (12) ?O?D?N?E?E?? 19a) Fraud with which I'm...
I am tantalisingly close to only my second ever listener finish! As you can see it's an old one. 18 across Dividing line is base minus unknown in angular unit(9) I have AG-PSOB but as you know these...