Never knowingly undersolved
Another approachable offering from Everyman this week, with plenty of anagrams to get you going, as well as the ‘primarily’ clue. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* … Read more >>
Generally sound clues this week, usually fairly straightforward, but Everyman hasn’t been able to resist making one or two of them a bit tricky to disentangle.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4083.
Everyman time once again so walk dog, grab paper, find pub, buy beer and locate the dog biscuits.
Another sound Sunday puzzle from Everyman, with the usual trademarks which I am sure you will have discovered for yourself if you are a regular solver. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
A nice crossword from Everyman. The clues are neat, often imaginative, and not tortuous, as they have sometimes been.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4079.
Everyman to be solved so time to persuade the dog to take me to the pub
A reasonably straightforward Everyman this week, I thought, with some nice misdirections as well as the usual trademark clues. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind … Read more >>
Pretty difficult this week I thought — I often solve Everyman when I’m not blogging and it can be far easier than this. Why do I always get the tough ones? The usual Everyman trademarks are there and coloured above. It seemed there were more cases than usual of there being a need for explanation.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, reversal, hidden, homophone etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(like this). Link-words in green.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4075.
Sunday, so walk the dog around Framlingham and Orford castles and then find the pub for beer, dog biscuits, beef scraps from the kitchen and the Everyman
I found this week’s puzzle a bit clunky and niggly, with some fairly unconvincing surface readings. Let’s see what everyone else thought. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition … Read more >>
I’m afraid I didn’t enjoy this very much. It was incredibly difficult; I used electronic aids quite freely once I became stuck, and some of the clues seemed rather clunky and impenetrable, but that’s probably just my incompetence. No doubt in due course all will be explained. (On the other hand one or two I thought were very good.)
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4071.