Links for Azed’s Puzzle No. 2000

Here are some links to pages about Azed’s puzzle No. 2000 and the celebrations in Oxford on 26 Sept 2010.

• Azed’s puzzle No. 2000 (pdf) from the Guardian website, and the clue-writing competition results.
• Observer article marking the event with contributions from Colin Dexter, Francis Wheen and Michael Frayn.
• Derek Harrison’s photos of the Oxford lunch, from the Crossword Centre.
• More photos of the lunch, by ‘official photographer’ Simon Murison-Bowie.
• The lyrics and a short video from a musical tribute to Azed presented by Andrew Taylor.
• Mark Barley’s toast to Azed at the 2000 lunch, and Azed’s reply.

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The Azed No. 2000 Wordcloud Gallery

These are the wordclouds presented to Azed and Colin Dexter at the Azed 2000 lunch on 25 Sep 2010. The images were generated at wordle.net.

 
All the single competition words from the first 500 Azed competitions. Presented to Azed.
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All winners of the Azed Cup in the first 500 competitions. Presented to Colin Dexter.
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