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AZED 2,188

Sun May 18, 2014 at 7:52 amSun May 18, 2014 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

A French theme to this week’s puzzle.

Azed 2187

Sun May 11, 2014 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

A plain competition Azed this week. I found this harder than most Azeds that I have blogged recently and I enjoyed solving it. I can usually get at least half the … Read more >>

Azed 2186/over the top

Sun May 4, 2014 at 8:50 amSun May 4, 2014 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

Relatively gentle for an Azed (i.e. I solved it in about an hour which is fast for me). A couple of uncharacteristic errors — incorrect enumeration at 31A and bad anagram fodder at … Read more >>

The usual Azed, where the wordplay is so precise that you can often be pretty sure of the answers without knowing the words. I solved most of this when away for the weekend and came home with many unknown words written by the clues but not yet in the grid, ready for me to look them up in Chambers.

I thought that 19dn was very good, but my godson had a point when he opined that the ‘e.g.’ takes away from the surface reading. However, Azed (but not all setters, including some in The Times) clearly abhors a definition by example. And rightly so in my opinion.

Definitions in italics.

Azed 2,184

Sun April 20, 2014 at 12:14 am by Andrew

Owing to a very busy week I’ve hardly had time to solve this puzzle – which I think was of above average difficulty, thanks to a high proportion of unfamiliar words – let … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,183 ‘Eightsome Reels’ COMPETITION PUZZLE

Thu April 17, 2014 at 4:55 pmSun April 13, 2014 at 4:37 am by The Trafites

Nick: A nice puzzle from Azed this week, although many of us had a bit of a 16 (the competition word) to get it. As these type of puzzles require a ‘jigsaw like’ locking … Read more >>

Azed No 2182

Sun April 6, 2014 at 9:06 amSun April 6, 2014 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

The usual eclectic mix from Azed.

Azed 2181

Sun March 30, 2014 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

A standard Azed this week with its usual mix of everyday and obscure words, all delivered from precise cluing. There’s always a few clues that give you a foothold, even … Read more >>

Azed 2180

Sun March 23, 2014 at 8:57 amSun March 23, 2014 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

On the easier end of the Azed scale – but nonetheless required dipping into the BRB. Attached is the raw grid I scribbled on just for fun. azed_2180 Across 1 C(H,L,O)RACNE – h,l,o … Read more >>

AZED 2,179

Sun March 16, 2014 at 12:05 am by John

How Azed manages to cope with all these words I simply don’t know. Practically every time there is at least one that I’ve never heard of either in the answer or in the … Read more >>

Azed 2178

Sun March 9, 2014 at 1:42 amSun March 9, 2014 at 12:01 am by Andrew

A nice easy clue to the long 1 across gave me a good start to this, and I rattled through most of it prety quickly, though with a handful stragglers that needed a … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,177 Plain

Sun March 2, 2014 at 4:33 am by The Trafites

Nick; Fairly difficult Azed this week. Also it didn’t help with the typo at 29dn which caused me a bit of head scratching for a while. Across 1. Upper crust gathering accompanied … Read more >>

AZED 2,176

Sun February 23, 2014 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

Another plain puzzle from Azed, with the usual combination of obscure and familiar words.

Azed 2175

Sun February 16, 2014 at 12:01 am by duncanshiell

Having had a Competition Puzzle from Azed last week it was likely that this puzzle would be a standard one. That is how it turned out. The wordplay in this … Read more >>

Azed 2174/Setter’s devilry

Sun February 9, 2014 at 5:55 amSun February 9, 2014 at 12:01 am by ilancaron

Not my forte. In fact I think this is the first time I’ve tried to solve a PD puzzle (so you really do have to ask yourself, why am I “the official blogger?”). … Read more >>