A puzzle that requires some “giving” and “taking”.
Azed
Azed 2,729 – placeholder
The blog for Azed 2,729 (“Give and Take)” will now appear a week later than normal (October 20) due to the following announcement that is due to appear in the Observer on Sunday, … Read more >>
Azed 2728
Recently I’ve been solving Azeds quite quickly; on this one, however, I made rather a slow start, but once I’d got a few answers in the rest came reasonably smoothly. Thanks to Azed. … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,727 – Plain
A medium-difficulty Azed plain. I was a bit surprised to see two homophone clues: these always excite comment from people whose regional accents don’t make them obvious and Azed has in the past expressed misgivings about using such clues, for just this reason. In my case although I don’t have a regional accent one of them I pronounce differently from what is intended. But never mind; I won’t (like some) make an issue of it: it’s quite obvious what is intended.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagram indicators in italics.
Azed No. 2,726 Plain
A 13 by 11 grid this week, although Azed has chosen to use a grid which only allows him one 13 letter word.
Azed 2725
We have a plain puzzle from Azed this week. There didn’t seem to be as many really obscure entries this week compared to some others. However the 1 across and … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,724 Plain – Competition Puzzle
Azed is in classic form.
Azed No 2,723 – Plain
A plain Azed.
Azed 2722
A long answer at 1 across can be helpful in getting into a puzzle, but in this case I needed a lot of crossing letters to work it out. Apart from that it … Read more >>
Azed 2721
Maybe I’ve only just noticed, but Azed’s crosswords nowadays frequently have two or three subtraction clues, as here. These are often quite difficult, and I didn’t find this crossword all that easy, with so many crazy words that had to be looked up in Chambers. But otherwise it was much as usual, with its sound clueing. The doubts I have expressed below may well be down to me, not to Azed.
Definitions in blue, underlined (the rest of the clues are in crimson). Anagram indicators in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(this).
Azed No 2720
A plain puzzle for this month’s competition.
Azed 2719
A plain puzzle from Azed this week. I got off to a reasonable start with this puzzle with a few of the early downs which led to me to SPLASH … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,718 Plain
Apart from a couple of quibbles noted below, I found this pretty straightforward.
Azed No. 2,717 Plain
A plain puzzle from Azed.
Azed 2716 – Spoonerisms
The Spoonerism puzzle is a format invented by Azed that crops up every year or so. There hasn’t been one under the exact title since number 2551 in May 2021, but the last … Read more >>