Andrew

I started off on Everyman in The Observer, and began solving Azed while I was a student at Cambridge (reading maths) shortly after it started. I do the Guardian puzzle most days and others sporadically. In real life I work as a software developer (still in Cambridge), and for non-crossword recreation play the piano and am involved in amateur theatre.

Guardian 26,951 – Rufus

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Only a couple of double definitions today, but otherwise a fairly standard Rufus, with eight cryptic definitions. I found it very easy even by his standards. Thanks to Rufus.         … Read more >>

Guardian 26,949 – Paul

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Paul is in cheeky mode today, with several clues using the word “randy”, and various words that rhyme with it. There’s another mini-theme – presumably unrelated – with links to 22a. Good fun … Read more >>

Guardian 26,935 – Puck

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Some good Puckish fun today…                                        … with a bit of a numerical theme around the boundary. I’m baffled by 26a – commenters to the rescue please.. Thanks to Puck         … Read more >>

Guardian 26928 – Vlad

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Rather to my surprise, I got through about half of this pretty quickly, but then slowed down a lot, and almost ground to the halt for the last few. No obvious theme that … Read more >>

Guardian 26,921 – Rufus

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I rattled through the top half of this very quickly, but for some reason took a little longer on the bottom. Some rather weak clues in my opinion, so not greatly to my … Read more >>

Guardian 26,912 – Brendan

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When I blogged Brendan’s last puzzle I didn’t expect to have the pleasure of doing another one just over two weeks later. However, today’s date is significant, especially to an Irishman… …16 June … Read more >>

Guardian 26,898 – Brendan

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After a long break, Brendan seems to be making regular appearances again; a very welcome trend. As usual, this was not too hard – apart from the obscure (to me) 24d, but most … Read more >>

Guardian 26,891 – Chifonie

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Chifonie seems to be getting the Monday slot quite often these days. Perhaps Rufus is (understandably) staring to take life a bit easier. Anyway, this is a nicely accessible puzzle to start the … Read more >>

Guardian 26,889 – Paul

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A bit of a toughie from Paul today, with some quite devious wordplay. Those not familiar with cricketing terminology might have extra difficulty. Fortunately I got 22a early on, and liked the different … Read more >>

Azed 2292

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This puzzle seems to have a higher-than-usual proportion of unfamiliar words, in both answers and wordplay, which probably explains why I found it quite hard. But soundly clued as always, and satisfying to … Read more >>