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 28,072 – Tramp

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I made a slow start on this, and didn’t get much quicker as I eventually progressed. A few tricky parsings too, even when the answer was (reasonably) clear. There’s an obvious Houdini theme … Read more >>

Azed 2489

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After last week’s tricky Letters Latent puzzle, this one was a lot gentler, though of the usual high quality. Thanks to Azed.             Across 1. SHAMBA Plot devising … Read more >>

Guardian 28,058 – Pan

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Even by “gentle Monday” standards I made short work of this, with a lot of write-ins. There seems to be a definite mistake in one clue, and I have a couple of other … Read more >>

Guardian 28,042 – Nutmeg

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I got off to a promising start, with 1a and 5a going in immediately, but then slowed down somewhat. However, Nutmeg’s elegant and clear clueing gradually led me satisfyingly through to the finish, … Read more >>

Azed 2483

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Not too hard on the Azed scale, but as always I leaned some new words (most of which I will probably forget until the next time they tirne up) and a few interesting … Read more >>

Guardian 28,028 – Pan

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Quite tricky in parts for a Monday puzzle, I thought, but good fun. Thanks to Pan.             Across 1. PIT STOP Pause during race to turn top on … Read more >>

Guardian 28,019 – Chifonie

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Perhaps the day after a bank holiday is like a Monday, because this had a very Mondayish (or even Quiptic-ish) feel, with very straightforward clueing throughout. Thanks to Chifonie.         … Read more >>