AZED No. 1,961: No nuts at Christmas
Nick: My first blog on AZED and luckily it was a (fairly!) straight forward plod after the herculean ‘Christmas Parcels’ competition (and what a word to clue to boot!). Some nice words this … Read more >>
Observer
Azed 1960 Christmas parcels – hard to unwrap!
This was one of the hardest Azeds that I can remember. I was certainly in need of the additional time allowed, even during a holiday period. I found that I needed to make … Read more >>
Everyman 3300
A rather nice and gentle end to the year – a couple of seasonal clues/answers and what with the slightly more obscure words being anagramatically clued, this was all pretty straightforward. Across 1 … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3299 (December 20th)
Lorraine: Took me a while to get going this week probably due to a hangover, but once I got started there was no stopping me. Thank you once again Mr. Everyman for an … Read more >>
Azed 1959: A bitter-sweet refrain
An Azed of average difficulty this week, I think; I needed a dictionary to check several answers. The words ‘whample’ and ‘sprangle’ were both delightful discoveries. No clue stands out as favourite of … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3298 (Dec. 13th)
I am here as a substitute for the regular blogger. The crossword posed no difficulty but I am unable to explain Clue 16d fully. Season’s Greetings to all readers. Across 1 MARITIME – … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3297 (December 6th)
Lorraine: Fairly easy this week again, just love doing Everyman; I cannot wait for Sundays to arrive. Thank you Everyman. Nick: 6dn is interesting; ‘The Lord of the Flies novelist?‘- Collins defines ‘Lord … Read more >>
Azed 1958/are there any Welsh footballers?
Surprisingly fast solve for me — I spent less than an hour before breakfast doing this with a bit of help from the Usual Suspects. Until I came to a crashing halt with … Read more >>
Azed 1957
As always with Azed apparently complete soundness in the wordplay of his clues; there are one or two places where I’m not sure how to explain this, but I suspect someone will do … Read more >>
Everyman 3296
It seems that the ‘theme’ this week was multiple word phrases with six throughout the crossword including one 6 word composite and another 5 worder. Otherwise little of note and nothing that should … Read more >>
Everyman 3295 (November 22nd)
Lorraine: This week it took me a while to get started!. Having 9 anagrams certainly helped me though, I love anagrams because you know without doubt that you have got the correct solution. … Read more >>
Azed 1956
Solving time: 35 minutes without Chambers, but with one mistake A fairly straightforward Azed this one – I managed to invent all the right words without help except for 30A. Across 1 ARCHIBALD … Read more >>
Azed 1955
An Azed of mixed difficulty, I found. I sailed through about three quarters of it with trouble at all, including most of the five long answers, but made much heavier weather of the … Read more >>
Everyman 3294
Hopefully nothing too hard here. For some reason I wanted 15ac to be ALTAR for a while (A large being AL and in front of church being the definition) but after drawing various … Read more >>
Azed 1954
I’m hoping that this puzzle from last Sunday does not have a similar deadline extension to last week’s prize puzzle. If you know that it does, please let me know with a comment, … Read more >>