Azed is in classic form.
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Azed No 2,723 – Plain
A plain Azed.
Azed 2722
A long answer at 1 across can be helpful in getting into a puzzle, but in this case I needed a lot of crossing letters to work it out. Apart from that it … Read more >>
Azed 2721
Maybe I’ve only just noticed, but Azed’s crosswords nowadays frequently have two or three subtraction clues, as here. These are often quite difficult, and I didn’t find this crossword all that easy, with so many crazy words that had to be looked up in Chambers. But otherwise it was much as usual, with its sound clueing. The doubts I have expressed below may well be down to me, not to Azed.
Definitions in blue, underlined (the rest of the clues are in crimson). Anagram indicators in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(this).
Azed No 2720
A plain puzzle for this month’s competition.
Azed 2719
A plain puzzle from Azed this week. I got off to a reasonable start with this puzzle with a few of the early downs which led to me to SPLASH … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,718 Plain
Apart from a couple of quibbles noted below, I found this pretty straightforward.
Azed No. 2,717 Plain
A plain puzzle from Azed.
Azed 2716 – Spoonerisms
The Spoonerism puzzle is a format invented by Azed that crops up every year or so. There hasn’t been one under the exact title since number 2551 in May 2021, but the last … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,715 Plain
The actual construction of Azed clues is often fairly simple.
Azed No. 2,714 – Plain
A plain puzzle that raised my eyebrows in a couple of places.
Azed 2713
We have a standard puzzle from Azed, no competition clues and no quirky cluing devices. That said, I reckoned there were more new words for me than in the majority … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,712 Plain
The four long clues around the perimeter of the grid provided immediate lift-off for the solution of this week’s Azed.
Azed No. 2,711 Plain – Competition Puzzle
A fairly standard Azed completition puzzle.
Azed 2710
Another high-quality puzzle to exercise our Sunday brains, though I do have a query about 4 down. Thanks to Azed. Across 1 BRITPOP Trip freely with disco music around – such as … Read more >>