Crossword Help Forum
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The clues...
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The Listener is a unique puzzle and should be treated with respect.

I’m abroad trying to access this week’s puzzle via my Times subscription in the Times app, but getting a 404 error. Anyone know another way to get it?

I normally print from my laptop on Saturday, but I have just accessed the puzzle on my fire thingy. So it seems OK.

This is a tough puzzle. I believe I have a final grid, but as I can't solve 1across I am not certain. Appreciate it's early for hints, but a nudge would be appreciated in due course.

An excellent puzzle, and to me quite a bit tougher than other recent offerings. G&T stuck the landing, but at times I had my doubts. He certainly didn’t make things easy.

It also took me ages to sort 1a, although it’s perfectly fair and supported. I would lean heavily on the presumptive correction (I had two viable candidates) and sort the definition first. The waters are further muddied by a coincidental surname that’s ultimately a red herring.

A brilliant puzzle.

That said. I can’t parse 32d

I have every answer and know what to do, but I only have 8 clashes. I could force a ninth, by entering one of the set of answers differently, but in every other case the letter in the final grid has been provided by the original down entry. It is more elegant with 8 clashes (in my view).

I have five clashes in the top half of the grid and just three in the bottom half.

I've finally solved 1ac: I've got only 8 clashes too. Yes, I could create a ninth by entering one of the altered entries differently, but think that's disallowed by the instruction to make them fit in the original grid.

Rickye, check fourth word of 32