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Listener 4818 Rash By Serpent

Quite a tight set of clues with a couple of elephant traps but the extra letter method allowed for faster solving. Thanks, Serpent.

upsetter

Listener 4817 Playing With Fire By Lath

A remarkable piece of composition that taxed us to the limit. Thanks, Lath.

Cruncher

Listener 4816 - Transformations By Elap

There may be an earlier thread but I can't see it. Having only put the finishing touches to Sabre's monster on Friday morning my heart sank when I was that it was time for the quarterly numerical.... ...

midgler

Listener 4815 - Creature Feature By Sabre

Is there really no other thread? I thought this was a wonderful puzzle. Not quite as fiendish as I expected given the setter, but still a really tough challenge. The theme was familiar enough,... ...

upsetter

Listener 4814 Business Tax Service By Puffin

A perfectly worthy but gentle Friday Club puzzle.

A good beginner's listener particularly if they are fans of the oeuvre.

HawkCrossword

Listener 4812 Six Seconds By Kruger

A carte blanche requiring a high percentage of cold solving, as there were many unclued entries. Clues were very good, as always from this setter, and the puzzle came together with the theme, but... ...

HawkCrossword

Listener 4811 Southern Course By Seps

A crossword of extremes for me. I love the theme and the very clever way it's been set. I don't love the thematic clues at all, though. I really appreciate the skill in setting them, and some are... ...

upsetter

Listener 4809 Some Conceit By Vainglorious

An excellent composition with a wholesome topic. The denouement was initially perplexing but we got there in the end.

Thanks, Vainglorious.

HawkCrossword

Listener 4807 Rejection By Aedites

A tricky gridfill. Clues were fair and had a nice mix of difficulty, but the last couple of rejections took me a while to spot. Thanks, Aedites!

upsetter

Listener 4805 Claque By Leo

Perfectly good clues and gimmick but the inspiration for this (as described in Wiki) was so utterly depressing that we abandoned the grid stare in limine.

emcee

Listener 4804 Bucking Convention By Flowerman

I thought the clues were set at the ideal level of difficulty -- difficult but not so fiendish as to lose the all-important enjoyment factor. The endgame is curious; no problem with the final bits... ...

HawkCrossword

Listener 4803 Versed Couplets By Arden

Numerical week, and this was pretty much on a par with the last few in terms of difficulty. It took a while before I could get started, but après cela, le déluge. Thanks, Arden!

emcee

Listener 4802 Reset By Awinger

Another brilliant puzzle. Super neat in construction and a lovely endgame. Fortunately the clues were not too difficult -- just as well as, had the corrections been more fiendishly disguised, it... ...

HawkCrossword

Listener 4800 - Ready Now By 'Eck

Tough in the extreme, but very rewarding if that's how you like your puzzles. The combination of altered clues, altered entries, carte blanche grid and truly evil clues throughout made this the... ...

upsetter

Listener 4798 Elevation By Franc

Great fun - a good clean Listener. Thanks, Franc.

upsetter

Listener 4797 Zip Code By Karla

A gentle start to the New Year - well composed with a worthy theme let down by some dull cluing.

Thanks, Karla.

perseverer

Listener Crossword 4796 Delay Repay

Another setter new to the Listener? We always like to see new gimmicks being used in the clues and we got that here alright, but perhaps like the plot of the film, I found it all very complicated.... ...

upsetter

Listener 4795 Greeting Cards By Lionheart

It’s a good thing the clues were fairly easy otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to understand the preamble.

Thanks, Lionheart.

upsetter

Listener 4794 Spirited By Eclogue

Estupendo!

HawkCrossword

Listener 4789 Die Hard By Charybdis

A tough puzzle with frugal clues, treated throughout, but it all came together in a great ending. I loved it - many thanks, Charybdis.

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Listener 4818 Rash By Serpent

Listener 4817 Playing With Fire By Lath

Listener 4816 - Transformations By Elap

Listener 4815 - Creature Feature By Sabre

Listener 4814 Business Tax Service By Puffin

Listener 4812 Six Seconds By Kruger

Listener 4811 Southern Course By Seps

Listener 4809 Some Conceit By Vainglorious

Listener 4807 Rejection By Aedites

Listener 4805 Claque By Leo

Listener 4804 Bucking Convention By Flowerman

Listener 4803 Versed Couplets By Arden

Listener 4802 Reset By Awinger

Listener 4800 - Ready Now By 'Eck

Listener 4798 Elevation By Franc

Listener 4797 Zip Code By Karla

Listener Crossword 4796 Delay Repay

Listener 4795 Greeting Cards By Lionheart

Listener 4794 Spirited By Eclogue

Listener 4789 Die Hard By Charybdis

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