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Certainly a more difficult gridfill than usual for the Listener numeric. Enjoyable nonetheless- it helps getting practice with the Magpies each month. Thank you Arden

I found the grid fill pretty straight forward and really appreciated the 16ac/31ac clues. The end game was incredible as I didn't think you could fit that number of nets into the grid. However, as the setter was Arden of course you could! Great puzzle.

Oyler, nice to see a setter of numeric puzzles enjoying other setters’ numericals . We certainly enjoy your puzzles.
You mentioned 16 ac and 31ac, which was our way in to get the starting digits. Great puzzle!

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Oyler, thanks for that. We’ll get right on it. Stay safe and keep ‘em coming! 👍😉

Thnk, loge, for your response to my Listener publication / Christmas Day query (#4).

I came back with a query about Listener 4686 and found a hint about the way in! Is that allowed in this thread? (I'll take it nevertheless, as I, for once, overlooked this obvious connection!)

My query - if allowed - is, if, as the preamble states, “power” means an integer (greater than 1) raised to a power of 3 OR MORE, can I assume that "Multiple of a power" does not allow the answer to be, for instance, n³×n since this would qualify as a power?

Jif73. You make a good point. However, no such problem occurs in 4686.

Thnx, ss. It certainly makes sense if that is the case.