Observer – Page 108 – Fifteensquared

Azed 2035

Sun June 5, 2011 at 3:36 pmSun June 5, 2011 at 12:32 am by Andrew

I started doing this on Sunday morning while looking after my nearly-3-year-old grandson, unsurprisingly making not much progress, and didn’t get around to finishing it off until Saturday, when in my less distracted … Read more >>

Everyman Nº 3,374 (29 May)

Sun June 5, 2011 at 12:01 am by PeterO

I found this distinctly easier than last week’s Everyman, with mostly simple wordplays, which should help if the range of your general knowledge does not coincide with the compiler’s. Across 1. Win and … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,034 Plain

Mon May 30, 2011 at 2:49 pmSun May 29, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Great cluing from AZED this week. There are three ‘gotchas’ (mentioned below), and several other clue wordplays that are truly great. A joy to be able to complete it, which I think, after … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3373 (22nd May)

Sun May 29, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning fellow solvers. This puzzle was not as easy to solve as in other weeks as I usually manage to crack the clues quite quickly, but this one seemed to take me … Read more >>

Azed 2033 “Give and take”

Sun May 22, 2011 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

I can’t remember Azed using this particular combination of devices before, although he may have done so under a different name. So far as the across clues are concerned, it is known as … Read more >>

Everyman 3372/15 May

Sun May 22, 2011 at 10:35 amSun May 22, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pierre

A straightforward and soundly-clued Sunday offering from Everyman today. Just right for beginning or improving solvers: I know I would have appreciated and enjoyed this puzzle when I was getting into the dark … Read more >>

Azed 2032

Sun May 15, 2011 at 1:52 pmSun May 15, 2011 at 8:30 am by jetdoc

With apologies for the late posting. I found this one to be at the easy end of the Azed spectrum, though I needed Chambers to confirm a few answers. I do, however, have … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3371 (8th May)

Sun May 15, 2011 at 8:36 amSun May 15, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning all, some nice clues here this week. I thoroughly enjoyed this weeks offering. Big thank you Everyman. There are two hyperlinks in this weeks blog, namely 2dn and 16dn. Across … Read more >>

Everyman crossword No 3,370

Sun May 8, 2011 at 12:06 am by Stella

Unusually with Everyman, there are one or two clues I can’t quite parse, and a couple of (for me) doubtful definitions. I found this tougher than usual for that reason. Across … Read more >>

Azed/2031- plain embroidery

Mon May 9, 2011 at 12:00 amSat May 7, 2011 at 1:20 pm by ilancaron

A rather incomplete effort since I’m travelling sans Chambers and only have an hour in between flights. So… most of the bottom-right is undone and there are several wordplays left behind. All fixed … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3369 (24th April)

Sun May 1, 2011 at 6:38 pmSun May 1, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Morning all, Started quite well this week but soon came to a grinding halt until Nick came to my rescue. Think my crossword head got up and ran off halfway through this weeks … Read more >>

Azed 2030

Sun May 1, 2011 at 12:02 am by John

The usual utterly sound and satisfactory puzzle from Azed. Across 1 FIREPLUG — discharging = fire, bolt = gulp, which reversed is plug. A fireplug is a hydrant: one is misled by the … Read more >>

Azed 2029

Sun April 24, 2011 at 12:05 am by Andrew

I finished about three-quarters of this quite quickly and without aids, but finishing it off was a bit more of a struggle. As usual I had to do quite a lot of Chambers-trawling … Read more >>

Everyman crossword No 3,368

Sun April 24, 2011 at 10:03 pmSun April 24, 2011 at 12:01 am by PeterO

This did not strike me as a top-notch Everyman. There are several simple charades where the answer is two words (or one word articulating naturally into two parts), and the wordplay just defines … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,028 Plain

Sun April 17, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Nick: Nice AZED this week, which I rate 7/10 on the ‘AZED hardness’ scale. Some novel cluing going on, e.g. 12ac and 23dn. My last in was 20ac, which took me a while to … Read more >>