Everyman

Lorraine:  Good morning all, I think my head was still in Malta this week although my body was back home. I so struggled with this weeks offering. I started quite well but failed on … Read more >>

A clearly-clued and entertaining entry-level puzzle from Everyman.  I was particularly taken with some clever anagrams this week.         cd  cryptic definition dd  double definition (xxxx)*  anagram anagrind = anagram … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning all, I will be away in Malta so will not be able to respond to any comments this week but look forward to reading them when I get home. Phew, what … Read more >>

A straightforward offering from Everyman this week, with a number of fairly obvious anagrams and charades, but none the less enjoyable for it, and with a couple new expressions – for me at … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning to you all. This weeks offering took me quite some time to get going, but once I was up and running they started to come to me quickly. I was slightly … Read more >>

I found this distinctly easier than last week’s Everyman, with mostly simple wordplays, which should help if the range of your general knowledge does not coincide with the compiler’s. Across 1. Win and … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning fellow solvers. This puzzle was not as easy to solve as in other weeks as I usually manage to crack the clues quite quickly, but this one seemed to take me … Read more >>

A straightforward and soundly-clued Sunday offering from Everyman today.  Just right for beginning or improving solvers: I know I would have appreciated and enjoyed this puzzle when I was getting into the dark … Read more >>

Lorraine: Good morning all, some nice clues here this week. I thoroughly enjoyed this weeks offering. Big thank you Everyman. There are two hyperlinks in this weeks blog, namely 2dn and 16dn. Across … Read more >>

Unusually with Everyman, there are one or two clues I can’t quite parse, and a couple of (for me) doubtful definitions. I found this tougher than usual for that reason.   Across   … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Morning all, Started quite well this week but soon came to a grinding halt until Nick came to my rescue. Think my crossword head got up and ran off halfway through this weeks … Read more >>

This did not strike me as a top-notch Everyman. There are several simple charades where the answer is two words (or one word articulating naturally into two parts), and the wordplay just defines … Read more >>

Lorraine Morning peeps, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, up and running the moment I looked at it. A couple of hard anagrams, 16ac and 7dn – but a very strange … Read more >>

The usual pleasing puzzle from Everyman to accompany my Sunday morning.  A good variety of clue types, and for me today some exceptional surfaces: of the acrosses, I could point to 10, 13, … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Good morning one and all. Straight forward Everyman this week with some very enjoyable clues. Big thank you to Everyman. Across 1. Right to go after bankrupt agent (6) BROKER R after BROKE(bankrupt) … Read more >>