Never knowingly undersolved
Apologies for the late appearance of this post but, due to personal circumstances, the scheduled blogger has been unable to be with us today. If anything needs further explanation please just ask. Across … Read more >>
A generally pleasing puzzle from Everyman this week, but – and there is often a but – with one or two clues that for me didn’t quite work. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
The Everyman crossword is definitely improving. There were some nice clues here, and I only had a few very slight doubts in places, as you’ll see in the blog. More like the old Everyman: not all that difficult but sound and a good starting puzzle.
Took me a while to get into this one…
Another Azed where I got about half way through very quickly, but then struggled to finish the rest, though fortunately I managed it in the end. There seems to be a mistake in … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3900.
The Observer crossword from July 4, 2021
Good crossword this week, and only one away from another centenary.
AZED 2,560 Plain – Competition Puzzle
Lots of Scottish references in this week’s plain puzzle.
Another sound puzzle from Everyman this week. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed definitions are underlined Across 1 Tell … Read more >>
Quite a good crossword from whichever version of Everyman produced this one. I don’t want to be seen as damning it with faint praise, but after the past few weeks, when there has been some criticism of the crossword, this comes as a pleasant surprise. Recent surfaces have been a bit meaningless, but here Everyman seems to be making an effort. There are a few little points which I make in the blog, but on the whole it was all very enjoyable.
Indicators (anagram, hidden, reversal etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(this). Definitions in crimson, underlined.
Azed 2558 – Right and Left Azed effectively gives us two separate crosswords this week. Apart from 1 across, there is no link between the left and right hand sides … Read more >>
I found this trickier than usual for some reason. Hard to say if that is the puzzle or I was just having an off day. Thank you Azed.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3896.
The Observer crossword from June 6, 2021.
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