Azed

A pretty straightforward Azed, though containing some unusual words, including lots of Scottish words. Unusually for an Azed, there are no ‘hidden in’ answers this week. There’s no competition for my favourite clue … Read more >>

Somewhat of a Compu-Indo-Scots vocabulary this week. I did this rather fast (for me!) at an airport lounge… guessed some answers from the definition in several cases and left the wordplay for later. … Read more >>

A regular Azed plain, which means of course that there are some very nice clues, as well as one or two that I’m not quite sure about. I’m away this Whitsun weekend, so … Read more >>

    Halfway through moving to a new flat, and a welcome break from shredding paper and packing boxes. After the stresses of the Spoonerism puzzle the previous week, this was a nice … Read more >>

I knew this special was coming because, unusually, Azed told us about it in the monthly Slip from the previous competition. It’s a format that he invented, and it crops up from time … Read more >>

Apart from the “definitions […] distorted by one Spoonerism” ones being much easier for me, and “don’t give up too easily – checking letters will help”, I don’t have a lot of helpful … Read more >>

Solving time: about 1 hour Not too difficult, but not a giveaway. I worked without Chambers except for 10A, 18 and 3. Across 1 OBJECT=ai, LESS ON=more off. Pretty sure this was solved … Read more >>

I found this puzzle even easier than the previous week’s, mainly thanks to the grid. Although there are several words where the initial letter is unchecked, the overall checking is so generous that … Read more >>

A pretty easy Azed for Easter. I didn’t time myself, but I reckon I got through this as quickly as I have ever completed an Azed. No clue particularly stands out, but I … Read more >>

Did this at work in my copious free time — which wasn’t much so I’ve left a few questions behind.  The 12 letter perimeter words were all compound words. Across 1 PINCH,COMMONS – … Read more >>

Azed is on good form in this crossword, and some of the clues have excellent surfaces. Across 1 DOWLAS — owl in (sad)rev. 6 PHRASY — p{oseur} (syrah)*, nice [something]&lit. 10 HONEYCARTS — … Read more >>

The scheduled blogger is unavailable, so I’m acting as sub with this rather brief effort. The “Eightsome Reels” idea was invented by Azed and pops up from time to time. Peter has again … Read more >>

This is one of the easiest of the regular Azed specials for me – even though this explanation may sound complicated. Each answer can be entered in 16 different ways, which sounds difficult. … Read more >>

An Azed of above-average difficulty this time, with I think what must be a higher-than-usual proportion of rare and obscure words, though in many cases the woprdplay was helpful in leading to the … Read more >>