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Easier than usual I thought, but no less enjoyable. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 GROWING PAINS Wound dad received in private parts causing initial problems? (12, 2 words) WING (wound) PA (dad) inside … Read more >>

A misprint puzzle from Azed that I have completed, but not fully parsed. I solved this puzzle over four sittings, and have had to give up on the parsing of one answer (1ac) … Read more >>

A quick start on this: after my first pass through the clues I found I’d solved 18. This would normally have been exactly half, but unusually this grid has 18 acrosses and 20 … Read more >>

Fewer gratuitously obscure words than usual. Azed in a gentle mood perhaps? Thank you Azed ACROSS 1 WIGHTLY German, height short, taken in by cunning swiftly (7) G (German) HT (height, short=abbrev) inside … Read more >>

A relatively straightforward plain puzzle this week. It actually took me less time to solve this puzzle than it did to solve the previous day’s prize puzzle in The Guardian (by Enigmatist), but … Read more >>

Azed gives us our weekly trawl through some of the little-used words in Chambers Dictionary.       I found this puzzle a bit harder than many Azeds I have blogged, but I … Read more >>

Another fine collection of words, with one clue I can’t explain. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 ESCRIBANOS Foreign notaries prohibit nothing in breaking crises (10) BAN (prohibit) O (nothing) inside anagram (breaking) of … Read more >>

After the rigours of the 2500 special, a reasonably straightforward Plain puzzle, in which the NE corner gave me the most trouble (for no very good reason, in retrospect). A minor point of … Read more >>

A very satisfying puzzle. It took me several sittings to complete which made it all the more enjoyable. Congratulations to Azed on reaching another milestone, and may there be more to come! Thank … Read more >>

This is Azed 2498.  He is moving ever closer to the impressive 2,500 mark       I found this to be a fairly standard Azed, well clued as ever with an eclectic mix … Read more >>

My weekly dose of obscure and interesting words, I never tire of learning them. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 DRESS-IMPROVER Mrs with pride’s shown off during traditional bustle (13) anagram (shown off) of … Read more >>

A quick, but very fun Easter Sunday solve.   The preamble for this puzzle reads: Each numbered square in the diagram is surrounded by eight blank squares. All clues lead to answers of … Read more >>

The competition puzzle that isn’t: “We regret that prizes for our puzzles are temporarily suspended” says the website. I got through this one reasonably quickly, and didn’t have too much trouble writing up … Read more >>

Sorry for the late posting.  All good, as usual. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BADASS Tough US fish cut by heavy knife (6) BASS (fish) contains DA (heavy knife) 6 CADENT Falling for … Read more >>