Comments for Listen With Others

Comment on Magpie In Great Peril; Imminent Ending? by Mister Sting

Mister Sting — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:11:01 +0000

Wow, harsh.
I regularly bought the Sunday Telegraph solely for the puzzles section, and primarily for the Enigmatic Variations, until I convinced the college JCR to switch from the Times (and they thought it was all about the Murdoch empire, the fools! Mwahaha, etc.).
I am strongly considering a gift subscription for my good friend, the Pie (obviously not a birth name).
They’re very tough, though, the puzzles. Perhaps it’s my solving ability – as you can tell from my reference to the ‘Poor Man’s Listener’, there is room for improvement.

Comment on Magpie In Great Peril; Imminent Ending? by John

John — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:06:59 +0000

£35 may well be”cheap” to some, but it is steep compared with the various societies I belong to, where the annual subscription, with printed journals, is typically around £24 .
Not everyone wants to do that many crosswords anyway. The Listener and Spectator – 10p each to photocopy in the local library – largely fulfill my needs. Cheapskate? Well I wouldn’t be buying either just for the crosswords.
Perhaps the Magpie is allocating too much in prizes?
Paying the setters too much?
Do the same winners’ names come up month after month?

Comment on Fruitful Recipe by Dipper, by sethmould

sethmould — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:23:49 +0000

Another lovely blog, Shirley.

Comment on Listener 4170: Mango’s Aristocat (or Is He in Debrett’s?) by Dave Hennings

Dave Hennings — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:38:09 +0000

Thanks, Mike. I splashed on this bit of software last year and I intend to get my money’s-worth! Hopefully, more animations to come.

Comment on Listener 4170: Mango’s Aristocat (or Is He in Debrett’s?) by Mike Grocott

Mike Grocott — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:53:11 +0000

Most impressed by the way you show the sequence of Scrabble letters in bold – very clever!

Comment on Aristocat by Mango – not quite QWIJIBO by gerrym

gerrym — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:31:25 +0000

The Scrabble board is 15 x 15 – wonder if the editors/Times would have allowed the puzzle to be that size?

Comment on Aristocat by Mango – not quite QWIJIBO by shirleycurran

shirleycurran — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:45:10 +0000

Yes, the putative SAX held me up for ages. Sneaky indeed – a deliberate red herring, I am sure.

Comment on Aristocat by Mango – not quite QWIJIBO by David Rotheray

David Rotheray — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:21:00 +0000

getz’s instrument = ax !!! sneaky

Comment on Aristocat by Mango – not quite QWIJIBO by Marmotte support

Marmotte support — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:41:08 +0000

Oh silly me! Why did I enter TRNQLZE instead of TRNQLLZ when I knew I was dropping vowels? That meant I couldn’t find Wraxle or Japan Wax. I still don’t get that answer – Jaw means to lecture but Getz’s instrument was a Sax and where is the fat slag??

Comment on Happy Christmas by Listen With Others

Listen With Others — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:35:57 +0000

Thanks, Matthew. I’ve now also created a thread alongside the solvers’ blogs for the puzzle back in November.