Everyman

Not all that easy this week with quite a few less well known names, titles and phrases (for me at least!) Anyway, once it got going it was actually pretty plain sailing, but … Read more >>

Lorraine:  A bit of a toughie this week especially, Archbishop Lang (2dn) and Lucrezia Borgia!. I actually needed Nick’s help with this weeks, unlike last week which was super easy.  Thank you Mr. … Read more >>

I didn’t really like this one. It’s unfortunate that IOUs was used in a clue to 14 ac and a solution to 2dn. I can’t properly parse 1dn, 16dn is a dreadful clue … Read more >>

. Lorraine:  Thank you Everyman, jolly easy for me this week. This must have been my quickest solve so far. Nick: Happy Birthday Lorraine (for last Friday). . Legend to solution comments: * … Read more >>

No big surprises here and nothing very difficult. There do seem to be a lot of word or part word reversals in this one. The main point of note is a rare but … Read more >>

Lorraine: I guess Everyman knows when I have to blog, as it is would appear that it is only difficult every other week – always my week! Nick:  I apologise for the doo’s  … Read more >>

It felt like a lot of anagrams and first or last letters this week, but maybe that was just the order in which I approached the clues. The few place name answers were … Read more >>

Lorraine: Yet again an easy crossword this week. I only had to look up Buffo, and although I knew the word I didn’t know the meaning. Legend to solution comments: *  =  anagram. … Read more >>

Nice and easy this week. There’s a couple of odd words, but usually with such clear signposts and complete definitions, it’s not very hard to check you’ve got the right thing. Overall, a … Read more >>

Lorraine says: This week was fairly straight forward and enjoyable. 🙂 Nick says: Lorraine would not let me do it this week – good job too, it took me 7 hours to do … Read more >>

Pretty standard with a couple of neat tricks here and there, but nothing to tax Everyman regulars. Across 1 CICELY – (ICYCLE)* 4 SPROUTED – R in SPOUTED = sounded off 9 MUSCLE … Read more >>

Pretty tough going this week, especially if you didn’t know the names of the film, the novel, the UK TV programme and the famous Russian(s). Legend to solution comments: *  =  anagram. < … Read more >>

Not too easy this week with some good surfaces and not too much general knowledge required. Overall I rather enjoyed this one, with my main complaint being about 18dn. Across 1 PLOUGH – … Read more >>

Thanks to Andrew Kitching for the alert re the publishing error on this week’s Observer crossword web page;  we never looked at the incorrect pdf file, so therefore solved this cold from the … Read more >>

Definitely a bit harder to get going this week. The double definitions seemed to often require very specific knowlege for the second definition, and the two word clues (except 4dn which was my … Read more >>