Azed 2438

A competition puzzle from Azed this week in the form of a standard plain crossword.       The usual educational stuff from Azed this week where I learnt a few new words … Read more >>

AZED 2,436 ‘Billets-doux’

Azed temporarily turned into Baudelaire to create a love poem in rhyming couplets as a late Valentine’s Day present to solvers. I am not going to comment on the literary worth of his … Read more >>

Azed 2435

A moderately tricky Azed this week, and one where I often had the experience of constructing a possible answer from the wordplay and then confirming with Chambers that it really was a word … Read more >>

Azed No 2,433

I only remembered that I was due to blog this puzzle on Saturday evening, having solved one clue on Sunday and then having put the puzzle aside.  Panic stations!

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Azed 2432

A plain Azed this week       Azed shows how possible it is to clue any word in the dictionary.  I hadn’t come across any of the words in the perimeter of … Read more >>

AZED 2,431 Plain

Another set of interesting words.  I never get tired of solving Azed puzzles as there is always something new for me to learn.  Thank you Azed.

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Azed 2429

It’s traditional for the last Azed of the year to be on the easy side, after the rigours of the Christmas special; so it was with this one, though it was by no … Read more >>

Azed No 2,427

The usual mixture of obscure and more common words, and the usual combination of relatively easy and more subtle clues.

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Azed 2426

A plain Azed this week       As usual, Azed has given us a mix of everyday and obscure words, all clearly clued. I have probably come across the device used in … Read more >>

AZED 2,425 Plain

A straightforward puzzle all done and dusted at the first attempt.  At the easier end of his range I think.  Thank you Azed.

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