Azed

Nick:  Typical Azed this week, …with all the usual Azed devices. Anyone under 30 (I guess) would have struggled with 15ac, but once the checked letters are in only one word fits, so can … Read more >>

My first blog of an AZED as bridgesong is away at the moment.  I guess it must be at the easier end of the AZED spectrum as I completed the puzzle in a single … Read more >>

This is the first non-standard Azed puzzle that I have blogged for some time.  I found it a pleasant change from the normal fare.       There was a preamble to this … Read more >>

Sitting on the dock by the bay as we speak.  But in Seattle waiting for a flight to the San Juans.  Where I will have no internet access.  Fairly easy standard fare from … Read more >>

I’ve bitten the bullet and have provided the clues. It had always seemed to me to be unnecessary since anyone who has done the crossword must know what the clues are, but everyone … Read more >>

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 >>

Nick:  Fairly easy Azed this week, which I give 4/10 on the Azedian hardness scale, as I completed this puzzle before I left for work Sunday morning at 10:00, in about 80 minutes … Read more >>

Some considerable subtlety on display this week, some of which may have eluded me. There are of course all the usual Azed features of obscure words, and ingenious clues, this week displayed in … Read more >>

A plain Azed puzzle today, with no tricks or clue adjustments.       I found this to be a fairly standard Azed.  I am not 100% sure about the parsing of 3 … Read more >>

Goodness! For me quite a struggle.  I had to invoke an email friend (thanks Frank Yellin!) to resolve some spoonerisms towards the end.  Since there are two types of clues, I found myself … Read more >>

As one always gets with Azed, a thoroughly sound solving experience and one or two that baffle for ages. If this had been a competition crossword I wouldn’t have dared to submit 29dn … Read more >>

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 >>

Nick:  Straight Azed this week with no real difficulty – 6/10. Two slight queries at 33ac and 6dn.       Across 2. Sober duke, festal possibly, ready to set off with hunt? (10) … Read more >>

A reasonably straightforward Azed this week, if perhaps a little harder than average.  I have a couple of queries which will no doubt be resolved swiftly by the usual suspects. Across 1 FIG … Read more >>

This was a standard plain crossword from Azed with the usual mix of precise cluing and unfamiliar words.       Often when I blog an Azed puzzle there are a few clues … Read more >>