Azed

Not too hard on the Azed scale, but as always I leaned some new words (most of which I will probably forget until the next time they tirne up) and a few interesting … Read more >>

My weekly fix of obscure words. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 PRESBYACUSIS One’s drunk by saucer-sips – sign of progressive senility (12) anagram (one’s drunk?) of BY SAUCER SIPS 10 RUBAI Persian verse … Read more >>

This is the annual Christmas Competition Puzzle where solvers were given two weeks for submission, hence the delay in publishing the blog.       The preamble stated: Ten thematic clues are without … Read more >>

This is my last post of the year and my 700th post overall for Fifteensquared.  I found it hard! I spent a lot more time stuck than usual, several times I was left … Read more >>

The last competition puzzle before the Chrtistmas special, and a fairly gentle one (after the initial hurdle of it not being available on the website till Monday). Thanks to Azed.       … Read more >>

Always a pleasure, thank you Azed.   ACROSS 1 ORCHESTRALIST Musician, vocal practitioner taking in right dresser (13) ORALIST (vocal practitioner) contains R (right) CHEST (dresser) 11 HERACLEAN Goddess, entirely heroic (9) HERA … Read more >>

Azed provides us with our weekly crossword challenge and opportunity to increase our vocabulary.       It was a plain Azed this week with a good mix of well known and obscure … Read more >>

A plain Azed that I solved at a steady pace. I was able to complete all bar the SE corner without resorting to Chambers, so this must have been a fairly straightforward offering. … Read more >>

It gets harder and harder to say anything new about Azed – just another top-quality puzzle, as ever. I thought I’d caught him out in an error in 22d, but not surprisingly the … Read more >>

What is there left to say? Thank you Azed for yet another interesting puzzle. Apologies for the late arrival of the blog, I messed up with the scheduled publish time. ACROSS 1 OLD-FOGEYISH … Read more >>