Listener No 4850 Counterfeit by Charybdis
Clashes in four cells, four unclued lights and a string of four letters to be changed after filling the grid. There was nothing too disconcerting there and, as the founder of the Listener … Read more >>
Chalicea
Listener No 4849 Peace at Last by Priest
Perhaps it is misguided of us to expect a gentle puzzle for the first of the Listener year. This one promised a literary work and we were going to find ‘echoes’ in every … Read more >>
Listener 4848 Return by Dysart
A rather sad “Goodbye!” We find that we have Dysart’s last Listener in front of us and know that this will be the last one that JEG will mark. Sad, but also extremely … Read more >>
Listener No 4847 Demeaning by Lionheart
It was evident early on that this crossword was about Christmas (as those letters in circles soon told us). The word MEAN in various contexts appeared in the title and the preamble. SCROOGE? … Read more >>
Listener 4846 Malined Work by Hypnos
A welcome return to the Listener by Hypnos, aka Slueth and Shamus and indeed Phlip Marlow in the Church Times under his own name (spot the references to his near-namesake investigator) … I … Read more >>