Comments on: Azed 2045 Plain Competition puzzle http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/14/azed-2045-plain-competition-puzzle/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 25 May 2013 00:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bob Sharkey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/14/azed-2045-plain-competition-puzzle/#comment-167451 Bob Sharkey Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:07:03 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32731#comment-167451 I found 2045 rather as Dr Watson appears to have done, Andrew. I’ve often had the feeling that comp. plains are easier, but I suspect that that’s because I raise my game and am focused on getting an entry ready. I don’t bother to enter non-comp. solutions and so I tend to complete them in short sessions, often forgetting ideas for certain clues and having to approach them afresh all over again. I usually do 2 or 3 Azeds a week – the current one, and then, if there’s time, 1 or 2 from a huge pile of back-numbers downloaded from The Guardian website. Incidentally, I noticed today that the Archive Search link no longer works. Searching for ‘Azed, October, 2005′ gave me only a selection of recent Guardian cryptics.

]]> By: AJK http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/14/azed-2045-plain-competition-puzzle/#comment-167407 AJK Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:58:24 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32731#comment-167407 I see Dr Watson on the ‘& lit’ site has this one as ‘a breeze’. I must say, I thought it quite tough for a ‘plaim’. However, I an struggling with today’s offering. Does anyone find the non-competition ‘plains’ tougher?

]]> By: Pelham Barton http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/14/azed-2045-plain-competition-puzzle/#comment-167396 Pelham Barton Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:53:42 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32731#comment-167396 Thanks Azed and bridgesong. I must have been lucky this week as it was one of my quickest solving times ever.

Further to Brian @2 re 22dn:

Chambers marks UN = him as dialect, so possibly there could have been an appropriate indication in the clue.

]]> By: Brian with an eye http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/14/azed-2045-plain-competition-puzzle/#comment-167388 Brian with an eye Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:43:19 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32731#comment-167388 I don’t think you’ve missed anything in 22d, except possibly that UN = him

]]> By: Bob Sharkey http://www.fifteensquared.net/2011/08/14/azed-2045-plain-competition-puzzle/#comment-167387 Bob Sharkey Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:39:34 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=32731#comment-167387 All agreed, Bridgesong. Many thanks.

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