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 No. 3393 (9th October)

October 29, 2011 at 12:37 pmOctober 16, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all and thanks for visiting todays blog. I loved this weeks crossword with lots of lovely well rounded and clever clues. My favourite was 8dn – very clever in … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,052 Plain

October 2, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Nick: I found this quite a toughy this week, giving my rating of 8/10 on the Azedian hardness scale. I got tied up in the bottom half of the grid trying to correctly … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3391 (25th September)

October 2, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all. Thank you Everyman for the varied and interesting anagrams this week. I thoroughly enjoyed this weeks offering, 24ac was one of my favourites but they are all too … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3389 (11th September)

September 18, 2011 at 9:40 amSeptember 18, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all, I found nothing too taxing this week, a nice gentle Sunday morning solve. No particular likes or dislikes this week, the only query was 6dn. All comments most … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3387 (28th August)

September 4, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning one and all, Nothing to taxing this week although I got the answers there were a few I had trouble working out. I had never heard of ‘dodge the column’ before. … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,046 Plain

August 21, 2011 at 3:41 pmAugust 21, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Nick: Typical AZED this week, which I rate 6/10 on the ‘Azedian’ hardness scale. Luckily no PD clues for me to fail on 😉 I have two queries; Why the MCG in 1dn, and … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3385 (14th August)

August 22, 2011 at 8:31 amAugust 21, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning peeps, I have to admit I did not do much of this weeks crossword due to fracturing two bones in my hand Saturday afternoon and was in too much pain to … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3383 (31st July)

August 7, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all, no problems this week, I found I got through this weeks rather quickly. Lots of anagrams which I particularly like. Favourites for me were: 1ac(easy) 13ac, 17ac, 20ac, … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3381 (17th July)

July 24, 2011 at 8:20 amJuly 24, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning all, I hope you enjoyed this weeks offering as much as myself. Nothing taxing this week for me, I thoroughly enjoyed this crossword. Favourites were 12, 14, 17 and 26ac and … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,040 ‘Printer’s Devilry’ COMPETITION PUZZLE

July 10, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Nick: Total failure this week; if this was a boxing match, Azed KO’ed me early in the fight (4th round?) I hate PD clues – hate them, and cannot ever recall completing a PD … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3379 (3rd July)

July 10, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning all, I think my head was still in Malta this week although my body was back home. I so struggled with this weeks offering. I started quite well but failed on … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3377 (19th June)

June 26, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning all, I will be away in Malta so will not be able to respond to any comments this week but look forward to reading them when I get home. Phew, what … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3375 (5th June)

June 12, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all. This weeks offering took me quite some time to get going, but once I was up and running they started to come to me quickly. I was slightly … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,034 Plain

May 30, 2011 at 2:49 pmMay 29, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Great cluing from AZED this week. There are three ‘gotchas’ (mentioned below), and several other clue wordplays that are truly great. A joy to be able to complete it, which I think, after … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3373 (22nd May)

May 29, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning fellow solvers. This puzzle was not as easy to solve as in other weeks as I usually manage to crack the clues quite quickly, but this one seemed to take me … Read more >>