I found this tricky and needed some electronic help to get the last couple of solutions after spending a few days failing to finish unaided. I thought there was a huge amount of interesting stuff in here, both cruciverbally and factually. Very enjoyable indeed, one of the most interesting AZEDs I have blogged. Thank you AZED.
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AZED 2,236
A straightforward plain puzzle this week, but with one unusual feature.
Azed 2235
Given that this puzzle was published on Easter Sunday I was expecting an Azed special, so I was slightly surprised to see …
AZED 2,234
I managed to charge through this pretty quickly at my desk while pretending to work (and listening to The Rolling Stones on YouTube — unrelated I think). A couple of wordplays still to resolve which I fully plan to… (best laid plans…)
Azed 2233
My apologies: I had intended to do this blog today, using the nice software that gives you the clues, but when I …
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 …
AZED No 2,231
My apologies for the late posting. I won’t comment any further on the puzzle as I cheated to get it finished quickly for the blog. Thanks to frogman for help on some of the parsings.
AZED 2,230
A plain competition puzzle this month from Azed.
Azed 2229
This was a plain Azed puzzle with everything you would expect in such a puzzle There is one clue …
AZED 2,228/hi-tech
I found this hard at first and didn’t make much headway until I’d cracked a couple of the long downs. Azed’s tech-knowledge surprised me a bit — so much so that I resisted both tech-centric answers until I could do so no longer.
AZED 2,227
As usual everything (with the possible exception of 25dn) is quite simple but very complicated since the words are so difficult. Hence many of these clues can be explained in one short statement.
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Azed 2226 – Playfair
I’m glad to see I’m not the only blogger who gets worried when landing on a Playfair puzzle. “I admit to a …
AZED 2,225
A fine selection of obscure words from AZED, very enjoyable to track them all down.
AZED 2,224
A harder than usual puzzle from Azed this week, with a 13 by 11 grid, including a higher than average number of & lit clues.
Azed 2223
Azed has given us another masterclass in precise clueing Solving an Azed crossword is always a good source of …