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AZED 2,392

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The usual blend of interesting words and clues which I found this easier than usual today, apart from one clue that has me stumped.

Do any Welsh speakers out there fancy having a quick look at 3 down for me?  Thank you Azed.

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Everyman 3730

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Another carefully-crafted puzzle from Everyman with plenty of trademark multi-part clues.         Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagrind indicator [x] … Read more >>

Azed 2390

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We have a plain Azed competition puzzle this week …       Well it was presented as plain puzzle, but given the date of publication, it was a case of ‘Solvers beware’…. … Read more >>

AZED 2,389

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Some wonderful new words this week.  Solving and blogging Azed really is a dictionary nerd’s delight.  Thank you Azed.

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Everyman 3726

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Another sound puzzle from Everyman.         Of the 28 clues, there was one hidden reversed, one anagram and two dds; the remaining 24 were charades or insertions.  A bit of … Read more >>

Azed 2387

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This all went in quickly and smoothly, with the application of quantities of educated guesswork, and just a bit of trouble finishing off the NW corner. Thanks to Azed.         … Read more >>

AZED 2,386

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I found this harder than usual.  I made a decent start but then had to come back to the puzzle quite a few times to finally finish it off.  Thank you Azed

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AZED 2,385

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A 13 x 11 grid for this week’s puzzle, which was carelessly printed in the paper as an 11 x 11 grid, with the two right hand columns omitted.  Fortunately, the pdf was correct.

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