Comments on: Azed 1903 http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 18 May 2013 09:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Max http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55460 Max Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:41:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55460 Colin – Cheers! I’m looking forward to the next one. It gives my copy of Chambers a good outing, anyway!

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55360 Colin Blackburn Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:01:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55360 Doh, I was meant to say Max, certainly don’t feel gutted on account of my comment.

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55359 Colin Blackburn Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:00:14 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55359 Max, certainly feel gutted on account of my comment. Azed maintains a very high standard and a good level of consistency. His puzzles don’t vary from very easy to very difficult, they vary a small amount around a mean not too far off this one. His competition puzzles (where you are invited to submit a clue with your entry) tend to be on the slightly hard side. The thematic puzzles tend to be the hardest of Azed’s puzzles (for me).

This puzzle was easy for me because of 1dn. A good long anagram like that can really open up a puzzle quickly. More often, for me, breaking in to the puzzle involves struggling with several non-anagram clues.

Once you get a few Azed’s under your belt you’ll get used to how his mind works and you will find that some of each puzzle comes easier each time.

]]> By: Max http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55357 Max Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:29:20 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55357 Well, this was my first attempt at a barred-grid puzzle, and I was quite pleased to have managed to finish it (albeit with a couple of errors), in maybe four hours. A bit gutted therefore to see this one described as ‘relatively easy’! I wonder how I’ll cope with one that’s a bit harder? Onto this week’s!

]]> By: Andrew http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55216 Andrew Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:09:45 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55216 .. still, even having two channels was probably more exciting than going out to watch the Parish Top on a cold winter evening.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55215 Andrew Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:06:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55215 I’m from (and in) Britain, and “the other side” is very familiar to me as meaning “another channel.” I suppose it made more sense when there weren’t so many other sides to choose from..

]]> By: Colin Blackburn http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55205 Colin Blackburn Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:20:13 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55205 Yes, but are you from Britain? I know I use the term in Britain but does side mean TV channel in the US, say?

]]> By: Harris http://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/11/23/azed-1903/#comment-55194 Harris Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:00:25 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=4097#comment-55194 Re 21ac: “This is rubbish. Have a look and see what’s on the other side.” Typical usage, at least in my household!

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