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Azed 2263 — ‘Eightsome reels’

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This is something Azed only occasionally does, to have one of his specials on a non-clue-setting-competition day. I don’t know how many solvers there are who do the n-c-s-c puzzles but not the c-s-c ones, … Read more >>

Azed 2262 – oops!

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By the “breakfast test” this counted as quite easy on the Azed spectrum, even though in retrospect it seems to have quite a high proportion of unfamiliar words. Unusually, there are only 34 … Read more >>

AZED 2,261

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There were several hidden word clues in here and one or two straightforward anagrams.  These got me off to a flying start but once the the ‘gifts’ had petered out I stuggled.  Quite hard I thought.  Thanks Azed.

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Everyman 3599

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If I had a brain, I would be dangerous.  Tuned in to Fifteensquared this morning to see what folk made of last week’s Everyman, discovered the blog wasn’t there and suddenly realised that … Read more >>

Azed 2259

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A plain Azed this week       I found this to be a fairly standard Azed where 99% of the time you know whether you have got it right.  There is one … Read more >>

AZED 2,258

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I thought this had more that its fair share of clues on the harder end of the spectrum. Dare I say I understand all definitions and wordplay (yes, I know, I’m begging to be corrected).

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Azed 2257 — Right & Left

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It seems that Azed gives us one of these specials, or something like it, every two or three years, and very enjoyable it is. Although, as he says himself in his preamble, ‘The … Read more >>

Azed 2256

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On my scale of “how much did I finish while and shortly after eating my breakfast?” I think this one came in as medium-strength. A good selection of unfamiliar words, but even these … Read more >>