Comments on: Azed 2100

By: Bob Sharkey

Bob Sharkey — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:36:40 +0000

You’re right on that, RCW, my mistake.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:12:21 +0000

2d I prefer Andrew’s since a knack is a special skill and the ‘s’ is there.

By: Bob Sharkey

Bob Sharkey — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:15:14 +0000

Jan, you have just missed the second listing in Chambers. Clue(2) redirects to clew.

Andrew, I think the ‘s’ in SKANK is indicated by ‘special’.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:32:41 +0000

Thank you, Andrew – I’ve been doing Azed’s for a while now and I still never notice the contrivance used in 26d! However, I do look out for compound anagrams.

re. 3d, I couldn’t see why ‘clue’ = KNOT. Have I missed something in Chambers, or am I just being a bit dim?

By: LW

LW — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:39:06 +0000

17d is [GO (game) + I] in FUND.

By: RCWhiting

RCWhiting — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:36:24 +0000

Thanks all
This was rather too easy for a Sunday struggle!
Like Andrew I guessed 1ac immediately due to the ‘four words’. This led quickly to ‘harmonistic’ which opened the whole thing and it collapsed without too much effort.
It might have been so, due to some rather obvious anagram indicators (rippling, nutty etc).

By: chris

chris — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:27:02 +0000

Thanks Brian-with-an-eye. It’s the same in the 2008 edition (so it was just me being thick). This means that, as far as I can tell, there has so far been no need to splash out on buying the 2011 edition. I wonder when the first “new” word will appear in an Azed.

By: Brian-with-an-eye

Brian-with-an-eye — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:47:23 +0000

Chris – ink-sac is in my 1998 Chambers, but out of sequence, coupled with ink-bag.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:34:12 +0000

I couldn't find INK-SAC in my (2008) Chambers. Is that just me being thick, or is this the first occasion when the 2011 edition is needed for an Azed word?