This is my 600th post for fifteensquared and it is a pleasure that I get an AZED puzzle to annotate. Thank you AZED.
Observer
AZED 2,421
A straightforward Azed offering with nothing contentious or overly difficult in my view.
Everyman 3,760
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3760.
Everyman 3,759
The Observer crossword from Oct 28, 2018
Another goodie but one that took me considerably longer than usual.
Perhaps, I was still a bit 20d [my first one in] after the York S&B.
Azed 2420
A plain Azed this week – a typical example of the genre I thought the clues in this puzzle were less complex in construction that some Azed puzzles, but they … Read more >>
Everyman 3758/21 October
Another fine puzzle from Everyman. I have tried to explain everything fully, but if there’s something you don’t understand or want more detail about, just ask. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition … Read more >>
AZED 2,419
More interesting words for me to learn and some humour this time too. Thank you Azed.
AZED 2,418
Apologies for the delay in posting this, but I actually forgot about it..
Everyman 3,757
It’s always the hardest part of the blog, thinking what to put here, the crosswords are always perfectly done.
Azed 2417 – Right & Left
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 3,756
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3756.
Everyman 3,755
The Observer crossword from Sept 30, 2018
All good again but a crossword that was perhaps slightly easier than the recent Everymen (?!).
AZED 2,416
What is there left to say about Azed other than “thank you”? Thank you Azed.
Azed No 2,415
A plain puzzle with only one Scottish word this week.
Everyman 3754/23 September
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 >>