Everyman

Arthur is having problems with his computer so I am standing in this week. For me this was a gentle Sunday morning warm-up prior to the stiffer challenges of Azed. The only clue … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Nice puzzle to solve this week, nothing to taxing for a Sunday morning. Should Otello in 4 across be Othello? Thanks Everyman. Legend to solution comments: *  =  anagram. <  =  word … Read more >>

A pretty fair one this week with far fewer anagrams than the one I blogged last. I don’t like the stutter in 11ac as it seams a dull and obvious way to add … Read more >>

Trafites:  Notched up a level this week we feel.  Is 25ac a new higher level clue type introduced to Everyman?  Again a nice crossword to solve.  Thank you Everyman. . . . Legend … Read more >>

Not my favourite one ever. Far too many anagrams (just under half of all the clues contained anagrams) and some obscure knowledge – I don’t think I have ever used the phrase at … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Nothing to taxing this week, I got Milwaukee (15d) but needed Nick to work it out for me, also loved 25a it made me chuckle. Thanks Everyman for another enjoyable puzzle. Legend … Read more >>

A slightly odd mixture of nice neat and pretty easy cluing with rather a few obscurer pieces of general knowledge meaning that there may have been the odd place where you could see … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Nice easy puzzle this week, thank you Mr. Everyman.   I have a small query in 17dn. Please note the spelling mistake in 1dn. as published in the electronic versions; sorry to be … Read more >>

A lot of double definitions this week and one clue that I’m not completely sure about although looks as though it might be a dd (any help much appreciated). Otherwise not the easiest … Read more >>

The Trafites:  Due to a sad week, the blog was a bit rushed today;  this in memory of my dear wife’s brother, Polly, who died on Friday. . . . Legend to solution … Read more >>

Goodness me! This one was a toughie by Everyman standards with some less common abbreviations creeping in (RR for Bishop rather than B for example), and some less common knowledge required (including in … Read more >>

Lorraine:  I got straight into this weeks puzzle, a couple had me beat for a while, 10 and 20 across were the last two I solved.  Always nice to see my old favourite … Read more >>

I have to say I didn’t really enjoy this one. Compared to the tight cluing of the best Everymans (Everymen?) this seemed to be quite sloppy in places. For example, 5dn is a … Read more >>

Lorraine:  Nothing to taxing this week, made sure I read the clues properly (which helps).  I was held up for a while this week as I hadn’t realised that I had spelt Altantic … Read more >>

A few slightly more obscure answers and a little fiendish wordplay here and there (8dn in particular) made this one a bit tricky, but hopefully pretty fair. Some lovely surfaces dotted about too. … Read more >>