Comments on: Azed 2054

By: John

John — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:32:04 +0000

I’m not going to guess, Bob@5. All I know is that many of the words in Azed’s crosswords are very unusual and that with a whole lot of new ones coming into the new edition, they will have to make room for them.

By: flashling

flashling — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:15:05 +0000

Well at least some folks do read these John. I just don’t have the time, patience or resources to do something like this.

Thanks for the hard work anyway.

By: Bob Sharkey

Bob Sharkey — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:17:26 +0000

John, it would be interesting to hear from you about precisely which of the words are likely to be excised. ‘Melanie’ is not in the 12th edition, of course. Which others will join her?

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:50:12 +0000

In my comment @3, I should have said DROPPLE, not DOPPLER.

By: Pelham Barton

Pelham Barton — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:03:40 +0000

Thanks Azed for the puzzle – back to my normal solving time – and John for the blog.

I agree with John and bridgesong about DOPPLER.

By: bridgesong

bridgesong — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:47:03 +0000

Thanks, John, for explaining some of the more obscure references. I agree about DROPPLE. And was it a weakness to have DUM-PALM and PALM TREE in the same puzzle, in fact sharing a letter?

It’s worth noting that WORDSMITHERY was the competition word in puzzle 1702, although Azed’s clue seems to be original. The competition was not won by Sir Jeremy Morse although his entry did receive a commendation. The &lit website has an excellent searchable archive of Azed puzzles.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:33:01 +0000

Thanks all
The usual enjoyable tussle for a Sunday.