Andrew

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 28,790 – Puck

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A welcome return by Puck after a gap of just over a year… … and a celebration of PRUNELLA SCALES, who is NINETY today. She is of course famous as SYBIL Fawlty, and … Read more >>

Azed 2609

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I found this mostly straightforward, though the two 12-letter down answers held out almost to the end, and I can’t fully explain 6 down: no doubt I’ll soon be enlightened. Thanks to Azed. … Read more >>

Guardian 28,783 – Fed

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Another enjoyable puzzle from Fed, with some quite tricky parsings in places. Thanks to Fed.   Across 1 WORMWOOD SCRUBS Woosnam’s first or last golfer with wrong-handed clubs to get famous jug (8,6)W OR … Read more >>

Guardian 28,760 – Crucible

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A quickly-solved but enjoyable puzzle from Crucible today… …helped by an obvious, and eclectic, musical theme. Thanks to Crucible.   Across 9. ORCHESTRA Box in occasional Scottish players (9)CHEST (box) in ORRA (Scots … Read more >>

Guardian 28,755 – Philistine

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My first challenge was to find the puzzle, which wasn’t available on the Guardian website. Luckily I managed to track down the PDF version. I made a slow start initially, but getting the … Read more >>

Azed 2603 – Wrong Number

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Wrong Number is one of the classic specials, dating back at least to Ximemes. You can see the Slip for an early (1968) example here. The last Azed example was as long ago … Read more >>