Azed

As usual Azed gives a challenge this week.       I started fairly strongly with a couple of foodie entries – SCRAMBLED EGGS at 1 across and NOODLES at 14 across. In … Read more >>

I did not need the dictionary as much as usual this week – Azed is being kind to us. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BRIDGE THE GAP To supply need, girl (saintly?) introduces … Read more >>

My apologies for the formatting of this blog, but the excellent utility that I (and many other bloggers) use to write the blogs does not appear to recognise this week’s puzzle. The puzzle … Read more >>

After last week’s tricky Letters Latent puzzle, this one was a lot gentler, though of the usual high quality. Thanks to Azed.             Across 1. SHAMBA Plot devising … Read more >>

A tricky puzzle that took me a long while to finish, but very satisfying once it was all done. Thank you Azed. I don’t think the clues were any harder than usual but … Read more >>

As usual the first Azed of the month is a competition puzzle.  This time it is a standard plain       Azed frequently includes Scots words as entries, but today he went … Read more >>

I found this easier than usual. Azed has one of the most consistent levels of difficulty of any setter I know, so I attribute this quick solve to my being in a sharper … Read more >>

Not too hard on the Azed scale, but as always I leaned some new words (most of which I will probably forget until the next time they tirne up) and a few interesting … Read more >>

My weekly fix of obscure words. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 PRESBYACUSIS One’s drunk by saucer-sips – sign of progressive senility (12) anagram (one’s drunk?) of BY SAUCER SIPS 10 RUBAI Persian verse … Read more >>

This is the annual Christmas Competition Puzzle where solvers were given two weeks for submission, hence the delay in publishing the blog.       The preamble stated: Ten thematic clues are without … Read more >>

This is my last post of the year and my 700th post overall for Fifteensquared.  I found it hard! I spent a lot more time stuck than usual, several times I was left … Read more >>