Everyman

Another well-crafted and enjoyable puzzle from Everyman this morning, with some particularly pleasing surface readings.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) … Read more >>

Seemed to be the easiest Everyman I’ve done for a while but took a while to be convinced by one piece of parsing. Thanks Everyman. Across 1 Is numb, I suspect, in exploration vessel (7) … Read more >>

Another excellent entry-level puzzle from Everyman, but with a few unusual features, none of which were Christmas-related.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator … Read more >>

I often find with Everyman that his references make me go and look up stuff that I kind of knew, but had forgotten.  So once I’d finished solving the puzzle this morning I … Read more >>

Everyman is my usual gentle warm-up early on a Sunday morning before moving on to the likes of Azed, Inquisitor and Beelzebub and today was no exception. Nothing held me up for long … Read more >>

A lot of clever anagrams in this one, and the typically good surfaces that we expect from Everyman.  One or two tricky ones, though, where I for one needed some crossing letters before … Read more >>