Never knowingly undersolved
I’m writing this up somewhat belatedly, so don’t remember much about my solving experience, but I think it was of fairly average difficulty. I may be missing something (it wouldn’t be the first … Read more >>
Some more interesting words to learn. Thank you Azed.
A plain puzzle with two French phrases and a couple of unusual bits of clueing (by Azed standards).
As is often the case, Azed presents us with a grid having 36 entries. For this competition puzzle, there is no wordplay for 3 down. Solvers are asked to submit a clue for … Read more >>
A medium difficulty puzzle. Thank you Azed.
Instructions for the puzzle were as follows: Each numbered square in the diagram is surrounded by eight blank squares. All clues lead to answers of eight letters, and these are to be entered … Read more >>
I found this mostly straightforward, though the two 12-letter down answers held out almost to the end, and I can’t fully explain 6 down: no doubt I’ll soon be enlightened. Thanks to Azed. … Read more >>
Not very many obscure words this week. Thank you Azed.
A 13 by 11 plain puzzle this week.
This weeks puzzle from Azed is a plain puzzle. Of course, a plain Azed puzzle involves more unusual words as entries and parts of the wordplay, than you find in national daily crosswords. … Read more >>
Not so many obscure words this time. Thank you Azed.
A typical Azed plain
Wrong Number is one of the classic specials, dating back at least to Ximemes. You can see the Slip for an early (1968) example here. The last Azed example was as long ago … Read more >>
A plain puzzle again this week. Thank you Azed.
A straightforward plain puzzle this week, although there is one clue that troubled me.