Azed 2238
After my run of specials, it’s almost a relief to have “just” a Plain Azed to blog. I didn’t get off too …
Andrew
Guardian 26,560 – Crucible
I got off to a quick start in the NW corner, but then slowed down somewhat, even with the help of the …
Guardian 26,553 – Puck
Some good Puckish fun, with a theme explained by one clue: I solved this one early on, and it was quite a …
Guardian 26,546 – Pasquale
This started off seeming quite a gentle ride by Pasquale standards, but I got a bit held up on the left-hand side …
Guardian 26,539 – Paul
Good fun as always from Paul, with a mini-theme around the two long answers. I got both of these early on, from …
Guardian 26,532 – Rufus
I found this a little harder than usual for Rufus, getting a bit stuck towards the end in the SE corner, perhaps …
Guardian 26,530 – Crucible
An enjoyable and reasonably straightforward puzzle, though I made things harder for myself by careless entering a couple of vaguely-plausible but wrong …
Azed 2232 – Double Trouble
My Azed blogging has been perfectly synchronised with the appearance of specials recently – this is the fourth in a row that …
Guardian 26,523 – Paul
I thought I was in a for an easy ride when the first two acrosses were write-ins; things slowed down after that, …
Guardian 26,516 – Vlad
Another week, another new setter. Actually Vlad has appeared a couple of times as the setter of the Genius puzzle (including the …
Guardian 26,509 – Screw
A new setter makes his Guardian debut, and a very promising one, with a good variety of sound clues. I found this …
Guardian Genius 140 – Paul
The special instructions seemed vaguely familiar, and after a bit of searching I found that the idea of the definition applying to …
Guardian 26,502 – Rufus
Eleven cryptic definitions out of 26 clues? I think that must be a record, even for a Rufus puzzle; and some of …
Guardian 26,500 – Puck
Some good Puckish fun today – nicely positioned in difficulty, but with a twist… … as well as some cross-referencing between clues, …
Guardian 26,493 / Tramp
I found this very hard, and a bit of a slog – I seemed to be staring at a virtually empty grid …