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The Trafites

The Trafites. Lorraine: I have been doing Everyman crossword for over 21 years, and still have not won anything! I also attempt Saturday's Guardian, but more often than not to no avail! I work in the catering trade. I am qualified to 'A-Level' in chemistry and biology. Nick: I started solving crosswords many years ago, eventually progressing to the 'hard' barred type crosswords (Listener, Enigmatic Variations etc.), but due to time restraints now only do AZED and a few other crosswords (see below). My only claims to fame are having won a Telegraph pen for Enigmatic Variations no. 231 and having a puzzle published in 'The Crossword Club' magazine (as Skiron). My work is a really boring factory job after two years of unemployment. Together: Between us we are 100 years old (and the same age). We do a variety of other crosswords, mainly Private Eye (great laugh) and a lot of daily's and local paper crosswords and any other crosswords that pass our way in the boozer. Our crossword output is only surpassed by that of our beer consumption.

Everyman 3301 (3rd January 2010).

Sun January 10, 2010 at 10:22 amSun January 10, 2010 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine:  Another nice easy plod this week with plenty of anagrams which I enjoy doing. Comments would be welcome on 11 across as I could not think of what else it could possibly … Read more >>

Categories Everyman 9 Comments

AZED No. 1,961: No nuts at Christmas

Sun January 3, 2010 at 12:58 pmSun January 3, 2010 at 9:00 am by The Trafites

Nick:  My first blog on AZED and luckily it was a (fairly!) straight forward plod after the herculean ‘Christmas Parcels’ competition (and what a word to clue to boot!).  Some nice words this … Read more >>

Categories Azed 9 Comments

Everyman No. 3299 (December 20th)

Sun December 27, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Took me a while to get going this week probably due to a hangover, but once I got started there was no stopping me.  Thank you once again Mr. Everyman for an … Read more >>

Categories Everyman 1 Comment

Everyman No. 3297 (December 6th)

Sun December 13, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine:  Fairly easy this week again, just love doing Everyman; I cannot wait for Sundays to arrive. Thank you Everyman. Nick:  6dn is interesting; ‘The Lord of the Flies novelist?‘- Collins defines ‘Lord … Read more >>

Categories Everyman 7 Comments

Everyman 3295 (November 22nd)

Sun November 29, 2009 at 4:53 pmSun November 29, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: This week it took me a while to get started!. Having 9 anagrams certainly helped me though, I love anagrams because you know without doubt that you have got the correct solution. … Read more >>

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Everyman No. 3293 (8th November)

Mon November 16, 2009 at 11:09 amSun November 15, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Another straight forward everyman this week, a real pleasure to solve. Legend to solution comments: *  =  anagram. <  =  word reversed. Across 1. BUDAPEST BUD + A + PEST 5. PLAY … Read more >>

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Everyman No. 3291 (25th October)

Sun November 1, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

. . Lorraine: Another straight forward puzzle this week, luckily for me as I was not really in the mood for puzzling today. Legend to solution comments: *  =  anagram. <  =  word … Read more >>

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Everyman No. 3289 (October 11th)

Sun October 18, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Straight forward again this week apart from 8 down (Obregon), I could not find any reference to this artist in any books I own so had to get Nick to google it … Read more >>

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Everyman No. 3287 (September 27th)

Sun October 4, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine:  A bit of a toughie this week especially, Archbishop Lang (2dn) and Lucrezia Borgia!. I actually needed Nick’s help with this weeks, unlike last week which was super easy.  Thank you Mr. … Read more >>

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Everyman No. 3285 (September 13th)

Sun September 20, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

. Lorraine:  Thank you Everyman, jolly easy for me this week. This must have been my quickest solve so far. Nick: Happy Birthday Lorraine (for last Friday). . Legend to solution comments: * … Read more >>

Categories Everyman 2 Comments

Everyman No. 3283 (August 30th)

Sun September 6, 2009 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: I guess Everyman knows when I have to blog, as it is would appear that it is only difficult every other week – always my week! Nick:  I apologise for the doo’s  … Read more >>

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Everyman No. 3281 (16th August)

Sun August 23, 2009 at 6:00 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Yet again an easy crossword this week. I only had to look up Buffo, and although I knew the word I didn’t know the meaning. Legend to solution comments: *  =  anagram. … Read more >>

Categories Everyman 2 Comments

Everyman No. 3279 (2nd August)

Sun August 9, 2009 at 6:00 am by The Trafites

Lorraine says: This week was fairly straight forward and enjoyable. 🙂 Nick says: Lorraine would not let me do it this week – good job too, it took me 7 hours to do … Read more >>

Categories Everyman 2 Comments

Everyman No. 3277 (July 19th).

Sun July 26, 2009 at 6:00 am by The Trafites

Pretty tough going this week, especially if you didn’t know the names of the film, the novel, the UK TV programme and the famous Russian(s). Legend to solution comments: *  =  anagram. < … Read more >>

Categories Everyman 12 Comments

Everyman No. 3275 (July 5th).

Sun July 12, 2009 at 8:13 amSun July 12, 2009 at 6:00 am by The Trafites

Thanks to Andrew Kitching for the alert re the publishing error on this week’s Observer crossword web page;  we never looked at the incorrect pdf file, so therefore solved this cold from the … Read more >>

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