Never knowingly undersolved
A fairly straightforward Azed — relatively speaking. The usual frequent excursions to the BRB. But must be said, Azed is rarely if ever unfair and this is no exception. Across 1 S(LACK … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all and thanks for visiting todays blog. I loved this weeks crossword with lots of lovely well rounded and clever clues. My favourite was 8dn – very clever in … Read more >>
The usual thing: utterly sound clues and much struggling with words that one suspects will not for ever be retained by the Chambers Dictionary. Across 1 WALDRAPP — (law)rev. drapp{ie} — a drappie … Read more >>
This would have made for a pleasant Sunday afternoon, except that I finished it Saturday evening.
“Wrong Number” is one of the older types of “special”, dating back at least to Ximenes. These puzzles can be hard to get started on, because you have to solve a lot of … Read more >>
Nick: I found this quite a toughy this week, giving my rating of 8/10 on the Azedian hardness scale. I got tied up in the bottom half of the grid trying to correctly … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all. Thank you Everyman for the varied and interesting anagrams this week. I thoroughly enjoyed this weeks offering, 24ac was one of my favourites but they are all too … Read more >>
An exceptionally tough Azed this week, with a very high proportion of unfamiliar and downright obscure words. A knowledge of French was required for a couple of clues as well. I confess to … Read more >>
Another gentle but pleasing Sunday morning stroll with Everyman. dd double definition cd cryptic definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed Across 1 Cigarette butt’s gone out, pocketed by … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all, I found nothing too taxing this week, a nice gentle Sunday morning solve. No particular likes or dislikes this week, the only query was 6dn. All comments most … Read more >>
It seemed to me that this puzzle had more than the usual helping of everyday words, or words I have met in crosswords before such that I was able to solve a good deal … Read more >>
I found this on the easy side for Everyman, but no less a pleasure to solve, and with at least one unfamiliar usage. Across 1. Pudding poorly cooked – extremely lumpy (4-4) ROLY … Read more >>
Solved intermittently at my desk at work while waiting for something or other. Needed the BRB more than usual it seemed but maybe I have a short memory. Across 1 S(CREW,T)OPPED 11 CA,ECA … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning one and all, Nothing to taxing this week although I got the answers there were a few I had trouble working out. I had never heard of ‘dodge the column’ before. … Read more >>
As always an utterly satisfactory crossword from Azed. In several of these clues there is very neat wordplay, with words doing duty as different parts of speech according to whether they are in … Read more >>