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.

Azed 2519

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I was close to giving this up as unfinished, thanks to a mistaken entry at 29a, but managed to recover. The time I spent on that has rather obscured my memory of the … Read more >>

Guardian 28,245 – Brummie

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I learned a couple of new words today, though both were gettable/guessable from their anagrams and some crossing letters. I started off quickly with this one but struggled a bit towards the end. … Read more >>

Guardian 28,238 – Anto

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I haven’t always been a big fan of Anto’s puzzles in the past, but I enjoyed this one: a few slightly quirky moments, but some nice touches as well. Thanks to Anto.   … Read more >>

Guardian 28,222 – Boatman

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A timely puzzle from Boatman, which I found rather easier than some of his offerings. The word “time” occurs in over half the clues: often it gives us a T, but sometimes it … Read more >>

Guardian 28,215 – Vlad

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A tough challenge from the impaler today, with a political flavour to many of the clues. I see ACE across the middle row – I don’t know if that’s significant. Despite the tricky … Read more >>

Azed 2513

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Quite a tricky one this week I thought, with a lot of unfamiliar words in both answers and wordplay. Everything worked out soundly in the end, of course, with just a slight niggle … Read more >>

Guardian 28,208 – Vulcan

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A very Monday-ish puzzle from Vulcan today; though light on the cryptic definitions, unusually. A quick but pleasant solve: thanks to Vulcan.             Across 1. BESIDE THE POINT Behind … Read more >>