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Thanks, xij - that makes sense.

To get the name that needs to be encoded. you need to know about both expeditions; if you look up the book in WIkipedia, you can link to the first expedition and find something in common.

I've searched Wiki a dozen times and cannot find any reference to a first expedition buzzb, and even if I had, I still don't understand how to encode.
I think this one has me beat. Such a shame after doing all the hard work, and neglecting all my housework today.

For code think Endeavour

For other expedition think Nansen

May I restate the 'six each' problem? If the name is that of a vessel, four letters, this makes six of one code element and five of another, but it does fit. To get six of each into 14 cells, there can only be three letters, each with four code elements, with Y the only one available that has a vocalic aspect. How to resolve - any thoughts?

Just back yesterday evening from a week of wine tasting (sorry Meursault it was Riesling) and thorougly enjoyed solving the clues which I thought were well constructed and of good LIstener standard. But yet again these days the pleasure of completion was immediately offset by the endless and unnecessary end game that added nothing but frustration. Yes, let's have an end game but please one that adds pleasure I am almost tempted to give up on Listener.

In another place, some are claiming that the "six each" business is a legitimate, if complicated and possibly unfair, hint to the coding. The only way I can see this is if one interprets six each = draw and encode that, which also gives a sequence of 6,5 of the correct proportions. But it might as well have been zero each, one each, etc.

Candlestick, I don't really understand what you are saying.

I also don't understand what someone on the other site means by a "theory about the missing d (lower case)..."

No offence taken, Notrab. It sounds like it was an enjoyable week nonetheless. Your comments on the puzzle pretty well match what I was saying earlier. I also enjoyed the clues, but setters seem to have forgotten how to compile a well-balanced puzzle.

I don't let it worry me too much. If I lose interest, then so be it, I don't see it as a competition anyway.

Saoralba, it occurs to me that there has been no definitive answer to your question because nobody has one. A slight return of the 'Hare' puzzle...

I am late starting this one and am finding the clues quite difficult. I would appreciate help with 11ac, 24ac, 27ac and 37ac. Why is 1ac ASSAYER?
Thanks. Hopefully I shall then be able to understand some of the previous posts!

Hi Unclued, I have ASSIZER for 1 ac : abbr for reservation, ID & sex appeal all reversed. D is correction to the last word. 11 ac : T is the correction to the last word, Boot is an abbr of Wellington. 24 ac : French for "let's go", K is correction to second word. 27 ac : correction is in the second letter. 37 ac : foreman's workplace is the work site...