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Azed 2540

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Azed presents us with a plain puzzle this week. Of course, Azed plain puzzles are not as easy as other setters’ plain puzzles. There were quite a few French references this week or … Read more >>

Azed 2537

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A minor delay with the late arrival of the PDF on the Guardian website, and then this turned out to be quite a tricky puzzle, with quite a lot of unfamiliar words. As … Read more >>

Azed No. 2,535 Plain

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An uncontroversial (I think) plain Azed this week. There are a couple of hard to classify clues at 16 and 29 and (particularly) 30 across, but otherwise the usual mix of common and … Read more >>

Azed 2534

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A plain competition puzzle from Azed this week       This was a week where I solved more clues on the first pass through than I usually do. We had the usual … Read more >>

Azed No. 2,533 Plain

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A very pleasing selection of unusual words, with one fiendish clue and one rather puzzling one. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 SLANTINGWAYS Way t’ inn glass is swirled round obliquely (12) anagram (is … Read more >>

Azed 2531

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The last Azed of 2020 before the Christmas special, and quite a gentle one, I thought. Thanks as always to Azed.             Across 1. POGGE Hard-plated fish from … Read more >>

Azed No 2,529

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A puzzle with a distinct French character this week. Two French phrases and one word of French extraction as well as some Scottish terms in a generous grid with no fewer than four … Read more >>

Azed 2528

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A plain puzzle this week requiring a fair bit of general knowledge.       I wonder when this puzzle was compiled as AMBER Rudd who features in the wordplay for 27 across, … Read more >>

Azed No. 2,527 Plain

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My weekly fix of interesting words and phrases. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 MUSS Millions start of revolution purged from Russia in conflict once (4) M (millions) then Revolution (first letter, start of) … Read more >>