Everyman No. 3283 (August 30th)
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 >>
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Azed 1944 – lots left for the reader
Another wordplay debacle in the SE corner. I had the rest done in an hour or so (The Big Red Book consoling me as needed) — however, I struggled through the bottom-right for … Read more >>
Everyman 3282
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 >>
Azed 1943
I am always full of admiration for Azed’s grids. Here he has what seems to me to be a great achievement, four twelve-letter words, two next to each other going down the centre … Read more >>
Azed 1,942
Apologies for the late appearance of this analysis and for the lack of any real comment. I cannot remember too much about this puzzle having completed many more crosswords in the time between … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3281 (16th August)
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 >>
Azed 1941
Apologies for the late posting: I’d got my dates confused and only realised I was supposed to be blogging this puzzle just before I had to go out for a few hours. I … Read more >>
Everyman 3280
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 >>
Azed 1940 – Wrong Number (Competition puzzle)
“Wrong Number” is a long-standing type of special – I can’t remember whether it was Azed or Ximenes who invented it. Here’s the standard preamble for these puzzles: Each clue contains a one-word … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3279 (2nd August)
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 >>
Azed 1939: a bonzer offering!
A distinctly Antipodean flavour to this week’s offering, with a couple of pieces of Aussie (or Kiwi) slang, and a Maori word as well. Lots of other unfamiliar words, or unfamiliar meanings of … Read more >>
Everyman 3278
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 >>
Azed 1938: Sister act
Apologies for the late posting — this has been an unusually busy week, including the small matter of celebrating an England test victory at Lord’s; I have also been working on information about … Read more >>
Everyman No. 3277 (July 19th).
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 >>
Everyman 3276
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 >>