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.

AZED No. 2,099 Plain

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Nick:  Fairly easy Azed this week, 5/10 for me. This was a tale of two halves, the top half going in very quickly, with the bottom half following at a slower (but still quick) … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,093 Plain

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Nick:  Typical Azed puzzle, 6/10 for me. The possible gotcha clue is at 3dn, and a possible error in the clue at 32ac. 23dn contains the (possibly) most well known Chambers definition, but … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,081 Plain

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Nick:  Fairly easy Azed his week, 6/10. There are two ‘gotchas’ if the solver guesses rather than solve the word play, namely 10dn and 26 dn. Across 1. Weekend on British river – one … Read more >>