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Everyman No. 3293 (8th November)

Mon November 16, 2009 at 11:09 amSun November 15, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Another straight forward everyman this week, a real pleasure to solve. Legend to solution comments: * = anagram. < = word reversed. Across 1. BUDAPEST BUD + A + PEST 5. PLAY … Read more >>

Azed 1953

Sun November 15, 2009 at 12:35 am by bridgesong

“Words may be false and full of art; sighs are the natural language of the heart”, by Thomas Shadwell is the quotation referred to here. The second part is obtained by the letters … Read more >>

Azed 1953

Sun November 8, 2009 at 12:26 pm by Gaufrid

Due to the postal strike the closing date for entries has been put back to Saturday 14/11/2009 so today’s blog has been rescheduled for next Sunday.

Everyman 3292

Sun November 8, 2009 at 12:09 pmSun November 8, 2009 at 12:01 am by Arthur

Sorry for the brevity of this post – I was busy all last weekend so it’s all been slightly last minute… Fortunately not too difficult – if it had been I probably wouldn’t … Read more >>

Azed 1952: Pervy gumshoes

Sun November 1, 2009 at 1:43 pmSun November 1, 2009 at 8:50 am by jetdoc

An Azed with a mix of easyish and fairly difficult clues, and a few pretty obscure words, which made it interesting to solve. I think I will go for 17a as my favorite … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3291 (25th October)

Sun November 1, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

. . Lorraine: Another straight forward puzzle this week, luckily for me as I was not really in the mood for puzzling today. Legend to solution comments: * = anagram. < = word … Read more >>

Everyman 3290

Sun October 25, 2009 at 9:00 am by Arthur

Another one that took a little while to get going but then got much easier. Not my favourite ever, but probably pretty fair throughout. Across 1 MODICUM – ODIC in MUM. An odic … Read more >>

Azed 1951/Sway beer!

Sun October 25, 2009 at 6:22 amSun October 25, 2009 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

Not as many impenetrable wordplays (note to self: must improve wordplay decoding). I’m sure once this is posted, someone will put us quickly out of our misery and reveal all. I will say … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3289 (October 11th)

Sun October 18, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Straight forward again this week apart from 8 down (Obregon), I could not find any reference to this artist in any books I own so had to get Nick to google it … Read more >>

Azed 1950

Sun October 18, 2009 at 12:02 am by John

As always Azed produces a top-class grid, with four words crossing it completely and two more almost doing so. As a result, of course, there are many words that need a painstaking hunt … Read more >>

Azed 1949

Mon October 12, 2009 at 2:09 pm by Gaufrid

Another occasion when I have to cast my mind back eight days to try and remember how I originally parsed these clues. My recollection is that I had a little difficulty with one … Read more >>

Everyman 3288

Sun October 11, 2009 at 9:00 am by Arthur

Not all that easy this week with quite a few less well known names, titles and phrases (for me at least!) Anyway, once it got going it was actually pretty plain sailing, but … Read more >>

Azed 1948

Sun October 4, 2009 at 10:11 am by Andrew

This was definitely from the easy end of the Azed spectrum: I managed to solve all of it except 31ac without recourse to Chambers or other aids (though with some lucky educated guesses). … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3287 (September 27th)

Sun October 4, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: A bit of a toughie this week especially, Archbishop Lang (2dn) and Lucrezia Borgia!. I actually needed Nick’s help with this weeks, unlike last week which was super easy. Thank you Mr. … Read more >>

Everyman 3286

Sun September 27, 2009 at 9:00 am by Arthur

I didn’t really like this one. It’s unfortunate that IOUs was used in a clue to 14 ac and a solution to 2dn. I can’t properly parse 1dn, 16dn is a dreadful clue … Read more >>