AZED 2,478

After a very quick start which saw me complete about a third of the puzzle almost immediately, I struggled to complete this Azed.

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Azed 2477

The last competition puzzle before the Chrtistmas special, and a fairly gentle one (after the initial hurdle of it not being available on the website till Monday). Thanks to Azed.       … Read more >>

AZED 2,476 by Azed

Always a pleasure, thank you Azed.   ACROSS 1 ORCHESTRALIST Musician, vocal practitioner taking in right dresser (13) ORALIST (vocal practitioner) contains R (right) CHEST (dresser) 11 HERACLEAN Goddess, entirely heroic (9) HERA … Read more >>

Azed 2474

Azed provides us with our weekly crossword challenge and opportunity to increase our vocabulary.       It was a plain Azed this week with a good mix of well known and obscure … Read more >>

AZED 2,472 by Azed

A plain Azed that I solved at a steady pace. I was able to complete all bar the SE corner without resorting to Chambers, so this must have been a fairly straightforward offering. … Read more >>

Azed 2471

It gets harder and harder to say anything new about Azed – just another top-quality puzzle, as ever. I thought I’d caught him out in an error in 22d, but not surprisingly the … Read more >>

AZED 2,470 Plain

What is there left to say? Thank you Azed for yet another interesting puzzle. Apologies for the late arrival of the blog, I messed up with the scheduled publish time. ACROSS 1 OLD-FOGEYISH … Read more >>

Azed 2468

A standard puzzle from Azed this week giving us another opportunity to dip into Chambers Dictionary for some new words.       In the clues and few of the entries there were … Read more >>

AZED 2,467

Another interesting trip though the English language with an expert guide.  Thank you Azed.

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AZED 2,466

A puzzle with some contemporary political, sporting and cultural references this week, but I was troubled a little by the plural of certain fish(es).

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Azed 2465

A harder-than-average Azed, I thought, with a fairly high proportion of unfamiliar words. All impeccably clued as usual, though I’m a little unsure about my parsing of 28. Thanks to Azed     … Read more >>