Observer – Page 103 – Fifteensquared

AZED No. 2,040 ‘Printer’s Devilry’ COMPETITION PUZZLE

Sun July 10, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Nick: Total failure this week; if this was a boxing match, Azed KO’ed me early in the fight (4th round?) I hate PD clues – hate them, and cannot ever recall completing a PD … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3379 (3rd July)

Sun July 10, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning all, I think my head was still in Malta this week although my body was back home. I so struggled with this weeks offering. I started quite well but failed on … Read more >>

Azed No 2039

Sun July 3, 2011 at 12:22 am by bridgesong

I found this a fairly tough challenge, with even more unfamiliar words than usual. I have on several occasions simply quoted the definition from Chambers without any additional comment. It was a … Read more >>

Everyman 3378/26 June 2011

Sun July 3, 2011 at 11:48 amSun July 3, 2011 at 12:01 am by Pierre

A clearly-clued and entertaining entry-level puzzle from Everyman. I was particularly taken with some clever anagrams this week. cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3377 (19th June)

Sun June 26, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning all, I will be away in Malta so will not be able to respond to any comments this week but look forward to reading them when I get home. Phew, what … Read more >>

Azed 2038: The broad is leaving the church

Sun June 26, 2011 at 10:03 pmSun June 26, 2011 at 12:01 am by jetdoc

With my cruciverbal workload having increased recently, I have to make this my final Azed blog for the foreseeable future. It was a good one to go out on, with some clever and … Read more >>

Azed 2037/missing blog

Wed June 22, 2011 at 11:42 amSun June 19, 2011 at 6:05 pm by ilancaron

No longer under construction… but nonetheless a bit unfinished. Gaufrid had to remind on Sunday evening that I was a bit late with the blog — so I scrounged around for the BRB to spend an hour or so of quality time with it. This is the result — with a lot of help from my (virtual) friends.

Everyman No 3,376

Sun June 19, 2011 at 12:01 am by Stella

A straightforward offering from Everyman this week, with a number of fairly obvious anagrams and charades, but none the less enjoyable for it, and with a couple new expressions – for me at … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3375 (5th June)

Sun June 12, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning to you all. This weeks offering took me quite some time to get going, but once I was up and running they started to come to me quickly. I was slightly … Read more >>

Azed 2036

Sun June 12, 2011 at 12:02 am by John

What one expects: only a handful of clues were solvable without a sometimes protracted wade through Chambers. Someone somewhere may know enough words to solve these things without dictionary help, but I certainly … Read more >>

Azed 2035

Sun June 5, 2011 at 3:36 pmSun June 5, 2011 at 12:32 am by Andrew

I started doing this on Sunday morning while looking after my nearly-3-year-old grandson, unsurprisingly making not much progress, and didn’t get around to finishing it off until Saturday, when in my less distracted … Read more >>

Everyman Nº 3,374 (29 May)

Sun June 5, 2011 at 12:01 am by PeterO

I found this distinctly easier than last week’s Everyman, with mostly simple wordplays, which should help if the range of your general knowledge does not coincide with the compiler’s. Across 1. Win and … Read more >>

AZED No. 2,034 Plain

Mon May 30, 2011 at 2:49 pmSun May 29, 2011 at 6:45 am by The Trafites

Great cluing from AZED this week. There are three ‘gotchas’ (mentioned below), and several other clue wordplays that are truly great. A joy to be able to complete it, which I think, after … Read more >>

Everyman No. 3373 (22nd May)

Sun May 29, 2011 at 6:30 am by The Trafites

Lorraine: Good morning fellow solvers. This puzzle was not as easy to solve as in other weeks as I usually manage to crack the clues quite quickly, but this one seemed to take me … Read more >>

Azed 2033 “Give and take”

Sun May 22, 2011 at 12:05 am by bridgesong

I can’t remember Azed using this particular combination of devices before, although he may have done so under a different name. So far as the across clues are concerned, it is known as … Read more >>

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