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 29,778 – Yank

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I found this quite hard to get into, and some clues took me a while to parse even when I had the answer. Unsurprisingly there are a few American references that may be unfamiliar. Thanks to Yank for the puzzle,

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Guardian 29,764 – Harpo

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Harpo is known as Monk in other places, where he is usually quite a fearsome setter, but here he is in Monday mode, though with a couple of quite tricky parsings. The double six-letter answers in the four corners add a nice touch of symmetry. Thanks to Harpo.

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Azed 2764

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A reasonably quick solve for me on this one, though I raised an eyebrow at the (unnecessary) use of an outdated derogatory term at 4d. Still, thanks to Azed.

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Guardian 29,718 – Paul

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A bit of an American flavour (or should that be flavor?) to this one, with the NW corner holding me up for a while at the end. Full of ingenuity and wit as always. Thanks to Paul.

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