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Azed 2417 – Right & Left

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I started doing the Azed puzzles when I was a first-year undergraduate; I solved this one on the day before I qualified for my state pension. Tempus fugit indeed. The Right & Left … Read more >>

Azed 2414

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A plain Azed this week, one which I found quite difficult to get started       There were a couple of clues where the word play eluded me for a while.  These were … Read more >>

Azed 2411

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Quite a high proportion of obscure words in this one, I think, but even so I managed to finish it quite quickly, and almost entirely without aids, thanks to educated guesswork resulting from … Read more >>

Azed 2,410 – Rama’s Nag

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The instructions for this puzzle were as follows:

Clues are of two types. In each of the acrosses, the cryptic
part leads to the answer to be entered and the definition part
leads to an anagram of that answer. In each of the downs, the
definition part leads to the answer to be entered and the (cryptic)
remainder leads to an anagram of that answer. All grid entries
and anagrams thereof are in the Chambers Dictionary (2014),
except for two proper names (one biblical and one geographical).
Bracketed numbers refer throughout to grid entries. Anagrams of
entries at 15 Across and 6 Down each consist of two words.

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Azed 2408

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This puzzle continues my run of plain Azeds.       It was a competition puzzle this week with competitors required to write a clue for LUNCHEONETTE, the entry at 3 down. There was … Read more >>

AZED 2,407

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Another Sunday, another guided tour through the lesser known regions of the dictionary.  Most enjoyable as always, thank you Azed.

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Azed 2405

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I solved this quite quickly, but fully parsing some of the the clues took a while, and I’m not completely satisfied with my explanation of 11d, unless the clue is uncharacteristically loose, which seems unlikely. Thanks to Azed.

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