Everyman

Always a pleasure to solve and blog an Everyman.  The usual combination of smooth surfaces and accessible clueing.  The enumeration for one of the clues struck me as unusual, but perhaps others have … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning to you all, Very good smooth crossword this week with lovely cluing. I sometimes look too deeply into the clues and miss the bleedin’ obvious, which is what I did with … Read more >>

The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3517. When I solved this, there seemed to be quite a lot of misdirection this time out, with a dash of geography thrown in amongst the general … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning to you all. Absolutely enjoyed this weeks offering. Lots of favourites especially 19ac, 23ac and 1dn. Excellent cluing throughout the whole crossword. Many thanks to Everyman, without you our Sundays would … Read more >>

As usual, a pleasing and solver-friendly puzzle from Everyman.  One or two tricky ones thrown in this morning, I thought, but a bit of head-scratching and some crossing letters saved the day.   … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good Morning to you all, Pleasant solve I felt with plenty of anagrams and easy to follow cluing. So many favourites, too numerous to mention them all. All in all a most enjoyable … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good Morning to you all, I must apologize now for not replying to any comments this week but Nick and I are in Northern Cyprus. I will however have a look as soon … Read more >>

Another fine Sunday puzzle from Everyman.  Plenty of charades today and some characteristically clever anagrams.       Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning happy solvers. It is good to be back. Fairly straight forward this week, in fact I enjoyed the solve very much. My favourite this week was 18ac, very good clue in … Read more >>

Nick:  Me again folks, Lorraine has been laid up with flu for 5 days. Fairly tough for an Everyman, I thought, but some great anagram work going on. I have a slight query with … Read more >>

A seasonal offering from Everyman.  As always, a pleasure to solve and blog.         Abbreviations cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x]  letter(s) removed … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning to you all, It is nice to be back and finally have the time to do my beloved Everyman. I enjoyed this weeks puzzle immensely having not done it for several … Read more >>