Comments on: AZED No. 2,016 Plain

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:59:33 +0000

Thanks Nick for a very informative blog.
As usual with Azed many totally new words,including the usual Scottish obscurities.The WADSETTER anagram was great,I remember listening to ‘Stewpot’ on the old pirate station Radio London!
I think 15 across would present few problems to (English) cricket fans,the two batsmen mentioned still hold the record for the highest opening partnership in a test match for England.
Had to Google 4 down,I seem to have forgotten all the nursery rhymes I learnt – it was a long time ago!

By: Handel

Handel — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:17:24 +0000

Thanks for the blog. We found this very tough indeed, and have only just finished it the Sunday after it was published! Thought 4dn was a bit obscure, but I suppose that’s one of the joys of Azed.

By: PeeDee

PeeDee — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:53:16 +0000

Thanks for the blog, and nice layout too.

6dn : when I was younger I used to work on building sites for some extra money. I had to ‘tamp’ down the concrete with a big stick to get air out and make sure it got into all corners of the shuttering, never occured to me at the time this would turn out to be useful for crossword solving.

By: Andrew Kitching

Andrew Kitching — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:23:17 +0000

Thanks for explaining 13. I fell for ERUPT, and couldn’t see the wordplay. Now I know why! Good job I didn’t send in a solution.
Today’s puzzle seems a bit easier than this one.
Regards to all.

By: The Trafites

The Trafites — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:44:00 +0000

Re: 28dn – So blooming obvious – I think what happened here was I read the definition of ‘brawl’ in Chambers, and subconsciously made the clue read ‘create a disturbance without re-reading it.

The blog is updated.

Nick

By: Phi

Phi — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:00:49 +0000

28d – try BRAW(LED) for ‘created a disturbance’, not just the disturbance itself.