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Letters to The Listener

BySowmya

May 12, 2019 #1ACGrids, #Ashley Smith, #Crosswords, #Cryptics, #Hasslethymi, #Theme

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1ACross is happy to present “Letters to The Listener”, from “Hasslethymi”, exclusively for our solvers.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SAVE, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE END OF THE PUZZLE

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Eight will help you not to get your 8 in a twist and utterly prevent 19,1. It may not be a 27 process. However, use a bit of 29, 28, 12, 16, 22, so to speak, and it will 35. Then you will win 12, 28, 29, 23 and will well and truly 13, 28, 22, 14, as they say.

1) Decode the subtitle of the puzzle.

2) Solve these three parts of the puzzle’s introduction:

29, 28, 12, 16, 22

12, 28, 29, 23

13, 28, 22, 14

The online interactive version can be completed and submitted by anyone who wishes to participate, on or before EOD 22nd May 2019.. All those who submit entries have a chance to enter our leader board for 2019.

Annotations for the puzzle will be discussed at 1ACross on Thursday, May 23, 2019.

Happy solving. Here’s the link to the interactive puzzle

Here’s a link to the PDF

By Sowmya

Sowmya is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and independent financial consultant based in the Middle East (Bahrain). She is a puzzle editor at Amuselabs. She has set over 1,300 crosswords for various publications including over 1000 mini crosswords, cryptic crosswords (under the pseudonym Hypatia for The Hindu) and themed crosswords for Cat.a.lyst (part of The Hindu Businessline). Sowmya runs the Facebook group 1Across where seasoned cruciverbalists interact while setting and solving clues. She has published three compilations of crosswords viz Cryptic Crossroads Volumes 1, 2 and 3. She Tweets cryptic clues daily @somsram

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One thought on “Letters to The Listener”

  1. Too complicated for my understanding. I have tried in vain to solve this.
    I wonder if this is a crossword or a mathematical puzzle. Pardon my saying so.
    Did not like it one bit.

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