The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3880.
Observer
Azed 2540
Azed presents us with a plain puzzle this week. Of course, Azed plain puzzles are not as easy as other setters’ plain puzzles. There were quite a few French references this week or … Read more >>
Everyman 3,878/7 February
A pleasing puzzle from Everyman which hits the spot of being tractable but still of interest to more experienced solvers. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,539 ‘Printer’s Devilry’ – Competition Puzzle
A difficult puzzle, but I enjoyed the challenge. This is not a cryptic crossword, but nonetheless a puzzle well worth attempting if you like word games in general. Thank you Azed.
Everyman 3,877
Quite a challenge in places, with some nice clues. I found fault with a bit, as explained in the blog, but these were small criticisms and overall it was enjoyable.
All indicators (anagram, hidden, homophone, deletion, reversal etc) in italics. Definitions inderlined.
Azed No. 2,538 Plain
Azed has me “stumped”
Azed 2537
A minor delay with the late arrival of the PDF on the Guardian website, and then this turned out to be quite a tricky puzzle, with quite a lot of unfamiliar words. As … Read more >>
Everyman 3,876
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3876. A couple of unusual parsings and some byways of general knowledge made this perhaps more difficult than many an Everyman. ACROSS 1 PENCIL-PUSHERS Clerks, chipper unless … Read more >>
Everyman 3,875
The Observer crossword from Jan 17, 2021 A fine crossword that we enjoyed just a bit more than the one from the week before. Everyman’s puzzles may somewhat vary in difficulty and tightness … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,536 Plain
My weekly guided tour through the dictionary. Thank you Azed.
Everyman 3,874/10 January
The Everyman is a puzzle that is meant to be easy-end, and tractable enough for newish or less experienced solvers. This particular example was a step – or several steps – too far … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,535 Plain
An uncontroversial (I think) plain Azed this week. There are a couple of hard to classify clues at 16 and 29 and (particularly) 30 across, but otherwise the usual mix of common and … Read more >>
Everyman 3,873
The Everyman used to be excellent. Then its setter retired and it went through a short period of being rather unsatisfactory. Now it seems to be returning to its previous standard — harder, … Read more >>
Azed 2534
A plain competition puzzle from Azed this week This was a week where I solved more clues on the first pass through than I usually do. We had the usual … Read more >>