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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 >>

Everyman 3,755

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The Observer crossword from Sept 30, 2018

All good again but a crossword that was perhaps slightly easier than the recent Everymen (?!).

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Everyman 3754/23 September

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The usual well-constructed mixture of charades, anagrams and insertions from Everyman to accompany Sunday morning coffee.       Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>

Everyman 3,753

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The scheduled blogger has not turned up so here is an analysis of the clues with no further commentary because there are other things that I should be doing on a Sunday afternoon. … 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 >>

Everyman 3,751

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The Observer crossword from Sep 2, 2018

The first Sunday in September (well, today it’s the second) and more of the same. That may sound negative but it’s not meant to be like that.

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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 >>

Everyman 3750/26 August

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The usual mixture of charades, insertions and anagrams from Everyman, with some typical multi-part clues. And a little milestone for me today too.         Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>