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.
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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.
Listener 4924: Two in One III by Sabre
Sabre needs no introduction. A top-class puzzle is to be expected – but get out your survival kit…
Listener 4923, Aedites Nautical Signal
Dave Hennings’ Crossword Database tells me that this will be Aedites’ 29th Listener crossword.
Listener 4922 Elap Relationship
Few numerical Listeners are a walk in the park, but Elap’s exceptional Relationship
required ropes, harness, helmet and ice axes to reach its stratospheric summit.
Listener Crossword 4921. Outfielder by Hotspur
Welcome back to Hotspur: we last met in 2013 when we explored James Murray’s ‘Web of Words’. This theme looks rather different …
String by The Ace of Hearts
Another circular puzzle from The Ace of Hearts. Nudge to oneself – the editors have said in the past that they prefer a circular puzzle to have some sort of circular theme.
Listener 4919: Puzzle Smash by Smidgers
“These areas act as the nine boxes of a Sudoku…” We were warned…
Listener 4918: Common Assault by Awinger
May the Fourth is more likely to have seen celebrations of Star Wars than the Centenary of the General Strike (4 to 12 May 1926) – so Awinger’s theme may not have been immediately obvious.
Listener 4917, C by Gnomish
We have had two previous fairly complex Listener crosswords from Gnomish and the preamble of this one looks as though we are in for a third.
Listener 4916: What to Send by Charybdis
Congratulations to Charybdis on a 20th Listener puzzle, spread over nearly 30 years! Themes over such a period of time reach far and wide. Last time had us looking up The Merchant of Venice. What this time, and indeed What to Send?
Listener 4915 Hark the Herald by Opsimath
Ah, what a pleasure to find a puzzle by Opsimath. We know that his puzzles are generally among the more approachable, with relatively generous clues to a large vocabulary of words and something original in the endgame.
Listener 4914: Figures of Fun by Serpent
Serpent’s second Listener – his first was 4408 Child’s Play – but his 16th in Dave Hennings’ database, dating back 11 years. The themes range widely (4408 was based on ‘Snakes and Ladders’ but the last EV was about Roman Emperors) – so what will we have this time?
Listener 4193 British Summer Time by Artix
Artix: there’s a murmur of pleasure as who will ever forget some of his masterpieces, especially his very first solo Listener crossword ‘One Shot at a Time’ when we constructed a golf course