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the Gelasticity Club*
Listener
Listener 4937: Candidate by Check
Check’s previous Listener (4728 ‘Bream’) wasn’t about fish but beer (amber* nectar). He was also the Radix Auditorum claret jug winner in 2020. Will he keep his place in the Oenophile Club?
Listener No 4936 Swaps by Luxor
Luxor has been compiling for the EV and Inquisitor series since her first lovely EV on Dolly the Sheep (that clone) three years ago, but this, her fifteenth compilation is her first Listener. What a gem!
Listener 4935: Smudge by Smudge
Smudge’s last Listener “The Green Grass Don” (4863) was about the rather wonderful Mad Gardener’s Song. Now we have eponymous Smudge. ¿Qué? as Manuel might have said…
Listener No 4934 Yet Another Sudoku by IOA
This is IOA’s tenth Listener Crossword (or crossnumber – it seems that most of them were numerical puzzles).
Listener No 4933 Organ Donor by eXternal
Dave Hennings’ Crossword Database tells me that this is eXternal’s seventh Listener crossword (he has created lots of IQs too).
Listener No 4932 Points of View by Porlock
This seems to be only Porlock’s second Listener crossword, though we have seen fifteen of his in the Magpie.
Listener No 4931 Rising Star by Sage
It seems that this is Sage’s very first Listener compilation. He (or she) has just had one previous B-level crossword in the Magpie.
Listener 4930 Rearrangement by Ploy
Ploy has been setting Listener crosswords since 2003 but it is his lovely ‘Right and Left ‘of just ten years ago that is the most memorable for me.
Listener 4929 But Not in Chambers by Augeas
I’m surprised to see that this is only the seventh Listener crossword set by Augeas, and that we haven’t solved one of his for seven years.
Listener 4928 Leo You Can’t Have Both
Leo’s first Listener was called “Unfair”. It wasn’t of course – but it was tough, as were its successors. We’re expecting a fair but firm ride today in their fifth …
Listener 4927: State Transition Diagram by Tuds
We last met Tuds about a year and a half ago – such is the length of the Listener queue – with 4856 “If You Say So” of THIS GRID IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK fame. Will our checker have such an easy ride this time?
Listener 4926, Pie by Dimitry
What a pleasure to see a crossword by Dimitry who has been setting them since at least 1983 – that’s when Dave Hennings’ records began. This will be his 31st in the records, including one set with three others as Listener No 4,000.
4925 Wrong Column by Deuce — setter’s blog
Like, I suspect, most solvers of the Listener, I usually get my fix by downloading a pdf of the puzzle online. On the rare occasions I’ve bought a dead-tree Times — manly on … Read more >>
Listener No 4925 Wrong Column by Deuce
Deuce has been setting Listener crosswords since 2019 and this will be his sixth.