Sorry the blog is a bit late this morning, been a busy week.
Observer
AZED 2,370
Fairly straightforward Azed with perhaps a little over-reliance on archaic terms.
Azed 2369 – Jigsaw
Presumably just by coincidence, this jigsaw puzzle appeared the day after an alphabetical jigsaw by Paul as the Guardian prize puzzle. I see that, also by coincidence, I blogged the two previous examples, … Read more >>
Everyman 3,708
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3708.
Everyman 3,707
For once I do have something to say about an Everyman cryptic other than the usual comments about smooth surfaces etc. I was rather surprised by the definition in 9ac when there are other … Read more >>
AZED 2,368
Another enjoyable hour or so trawling through the Big Red Book. Thank you Azed.
AZED 2,367
A relatively straightforward plain puzzle from Azed this week.
Everyman 3706/22 October
Another exemplary puzzle from Everyman for the less-experienced, improving solver. There were two anagrams which I particularly liked in this one. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
Everyman 3,705
The usual impeccable Everyman…
Azed 2366
A standard plain puzzle from Azed this week. I think this would be a good introduction to Azed for anyone who has been hesitant in the past. Yes, many of … Read more >>
Everyman 3,704
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3704.
AZED 2,365
I don’t find as high a proportion of obscure words in Azed puzzles as I used to. I wonder if Azed is getting more accessible over the years or if I have done so many puzzles that I have seen them before. Can anyone comment on their own experience?
I will be away when this post is published and may not be able to respond to queries in a timely manner. Please feel free to chip in and help out in the comments section.
Thank you Azed.
AZED 2,364
My first Azed blog since I returned to blogging, and thankfully it wasn’t too challenging.
Everyman 3,703
Mostly straightforward this week but perhaps tending towards the more difficult end of the Everyman spectrum. 1ac gave me some problems when trying to sort out the parsing because I became convinced that ‘in connection … Read more >>
Azed 2363 – Letters Latent
I was a little surprised when I saw that this puzzle was a special, but there turned out to be a good reason for it. Letters Latent is one of the “classics”, apparently … Read more >>