A new proprietor, a new interactive interface, but the same reliable Azed. It feels as if there are fewer familiar words than usual, but despite that I managed to fill the grid fairly quickly. On the other hand, some of the parsing was a bit tricky, with 32 down proving elusive until the 11th hour. Thanks to Azed for the puzzle, and best wishes to those attending the lunch in Oxford today yesterday, which I’m I was sadly unable to attend on this occasion.
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Azed No. 2,757 plain
This will be the last Azed for The Observer under present management, a plain that is probably on the easier side. Let’s hope that his crosswords can continue in their present form.
Definitions underlined in crimson. Anagram indicators in italics.
Azed No. 2,756 plain
A 12 x 12 grid with four 11 letter words, but no 4 letter ones.
Azed 2755
It’s an Azed competition this week so one entry has no wordplay. Solvers can submit their own clue as part of competition.
Azed No. 2,754 – Plain
Thanks to Azed for this puzzle. A couple of quibbles/queries noted below.
Important maintenance notice
Important maintenance notice
Azed No. 2,753 – plain
Apologies for the late blog.
Azed 2752
Thanks to Azed for another quality puzzle.
Azed No. 2,751 Plain
A pleasant enough crossword from Azed this week, with no major comments to make, except that it has always struck me that his signposting of archaisms/obsolete words might be more consistent. We usually get things like ‘once’, ‘of old’, ‘no longer’ etc, but not always. Chambers tells us that the word is archaic or whatever but we are left to solve the clue without being aware of this.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Anagram indicators in italics.
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Azed No. 2,750 ‘Mixed Foursomes’ – Competition Puzzle
It is a privilege to be able to blog this latest milestone in the Azed series.
Azed 2749
Azed reaches a major milestone in his setting career today. We have a plain puzzle from last Sunday to consider first in this blog.
Azed No. 2,748 Plain
I believe I have managed to arrive at a plausible explanation for the solutions in this week’s offering from Azed . . .