Azed 2721

Maybe I’ve only just noticed, but Azed’s crosswords nowadays frequently have two or three subtraction clues, as here. These are often quite difficult, and I didn’t find this crossword all that easy, with so many crazy words that had to be looked up in Chambers. But otherwise it was much as usual, with its sound clueing. The doubts I have expressed below may well be down to me, not to Azed.

Definitions in blue, underlined (the rest of the clues are in crimson). Anagram indicators in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(this).

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Everyman 4060, Sunday 11 August 2024

What we have come to expect: not perhaps the most exciting surfaces (except for some, particularly 22dn), but plenty of ingenuity shown, and sound clues.

Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden, inclusion, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(like this). Link-words in green.

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Azed 2719

A plain puzzle from Azed this week.       I got off to a reasonable start with this puzzle with a few of the early downs which led to me to SPLASH … Read more >>

Everyman 4056

Nice sound crossword with quite a few double definitions here, I thought — not perhaps too many, though. They are usually easy for the solver because it’s generally pretty obvious what has to be done, and they are often easy for the setter since one only has to find some appropriate synonyms.

Definitions underlined, in crimson. Indicators (homophone, hidden, juxtaposition, etc.) in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(like this). Link-words in green.

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Azed 2716 – Spoonerisms

The Spoonerism puzzle is a format invented by Azed that crops up every year or so. There hasn’t been one under the exact title since number 2551 in May 2021, but the last … Read more >>

Everyman 4,053/23 June

One or two niggles from me in this week’s puzzle, but overall a pleasing solve. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] … Read more >>