Azed 2447

Looking back, there seems to be a high proportion of obscure or unfamiliar words in this one, but despite this I didn’t find it too hard, helped by the usual flawless clueing. Thanks … Read more >>

Azed 2444

A standard plain crossword. this week.       I thought this was more difficult than many plain puzzles.  Of course it didn’t help by putting in CHIPMUNK originally at 1 across, rather … Read more >>

Azed 2441

I’m afraid left too long between solving the puzzle and writing the blog to remember how I found it at the time (and didn’t make any notes). I think it probably counts as … Read more >>

Azed 2438

A competition puzzle from Azed this week in the form of a standard plain crossword.       The usual educational stuff from Azed this week where I learnt a few new words … Read more >>

AZED 2,436 ‘Billets-doux’

Azed temporarily turned into Baudelaire to create a love poem in rhyming couplets as a late Valentine’s Day present to solvers. I am not going to comment on the literary worth of his … Read more >>

Azed 2435

A moderately tricky Azed this week, and one where I often had the experience of constructing a possible answer from the wordplay and then confirming with Chambers that it really was a word … Read more >>