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.

Azed 2148

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Another high-quality set of clues in a Plain Azed – overall about middling in difficulty, I think, with nothing particularly devious this time, though I’m not entirely convinced by my explanation of 26d. … Read more >>

Guardian 26,016 – Arachne

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After an unfortunately stormy week in Fifteensquaredland, what a delight to see an Arachne puzzle to restore us to normality. Perhaps not one of her hardest, but no walkover either, and with plenty … Read more >>

Guardian 26,006 – Rufus

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A very quick solve for me today, with Rufus’s characteristic abundance of double and cryptic definitions; and, as far as I can see, one completely non-cryptic definition.           Across … Read more >>

Guardian 26,002 – Picaroon

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A nice variety of clueing devices in this puzzle from Picaroon, with some great surface readings, and also a range of levels of difficulty. I got perhaps half a dozen answers on my … Read more >>

Azed 2142

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I quite often manage to complete a large proportion the easier Azeds without any aids, but this is the first (at least for a while) where I was able to write in all … Read more >>

Guardian 25,978 – Bonxie

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A clever and tricky puzzle from Bonxie, though with a some rather obscure words that some might find a bit much for a daily puzzle, and a couple of cryptic definitions that aren’t … Read more >>

Guardian 25,973 – Qaos

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Once again I am typing this on a small laptop in a hotel room on a slow connection, so please excuse some rather abbreviated explanations and probably some typos. I think “slow but … Read more >>