Andrew's avatarAndrew

I started off on Everyman in The Observer, and began solving Azed while I was a student at Cambridge (reading maths) shortly after it started. I do the Guardian puzzle most days and others sporadically. In real life I work as a software developer (still in Cambridge), and for non-crossword recreation play the piano and am involved in amateur theatre.

Guardian 28,595 – Paul

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Things didn’t click today, and I found this quite hard going throughout, but in retrospect most of the parsing is reasonably straightforward, so maybe it’s just me. Thanks to Paul.   Across 1 … Read more >>

Guardian 28,588 – Brendan

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The welcome sight of Brendan’s name on a puzzle is a promise of and enjoyable, but not too difficult, puzzle, and so it was on this occasion. Thanks to Brendan. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN famously … Read more >>

Guardian 28,581 — Brummie

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A very quick solve for me today — almost a complete write-in, in fact — helped by a large number of clues involving full or partial anagrams. I initially thought this might constitute … Read more >>

Azed 2573

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As I was writing up this blog, it struck me that most of the parsing of the clues is very straightforward: I think more so than usual. Of course there’s the usual helping … Read more >>

Guardian 28,567 – Pan

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Almost all very straightforward clueing this morning from Pan: I think this puzzle would have been more suited to the Quiptic slot, but a pleasant, if brief, diversion nonetheless. Thanks to Pan.   … Read more >>

Guardian 28,551 – Vlad

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I wouldn’t call this easy, exactly, but some well-constructed clues meant that I got through it quite quickly. Some political commentary raises its head, as often with this setter, with one particularly clever … Read more >>

Azed 2567

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A rather busy week meant that I solved this in several short sessions, which perhaps made it seem more difficult than it actually is, but in retrospect most of it looks fairly straightforward, … Read more >>

Guardian 28,535 – Paul

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As has been my experience with many of Paul’s recent puzzles, this one started out feeling quite hard, but yielded satisfyingly in the end. I was helped by guessing the two long acrosses … Read more >>

Guardian 28,528 – Nutmeg

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When I blogged Nutmeg’s previous puzzle a couple of weeks ago I commented that “even her easier clues are disguised enough to make them interesting”, and it was a similar experience here. Again … Read more >>