Never knowingly undersolved
I enjoyed solving and blogging this Everyman offering. Nicely constructed, and with a wide variety of subject matter to get your teeth into. There are the trademarks as usual. The two linked clues … Read more >>
The competition puzzle that isn’t: “We regret that prizes for our puzzles are temporarily suspended” says the website. I got through this one reasonably quickly, and didn’t have too much trouble writing up … Read more >>
Sorry for the late posting. All good, as usual. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BADASS Tough US fish cut by heavy knife (6) BASS (fish) contains DA (heavy knife) 6 CADENT Falling for … Read more >>
Perhaps a slightly trickier than usual Everyman this week. The Guardian crosswords blog is still recommending Everyman as a puzzle suitable for beginners. I’m not always convinced; some of the clues here are … Read more >>
A plain puzzle with a slight Australian flavour this week.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3832. Welcome to the forum where social distancing has always been acceptable. Here we have Everyman’s trademarks of paired answers – in this case just UP is … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Mar 15, 2020. Another accessible puzzle by our Sunday setter. Not much controversy this week despite me having (less than) a handful of minor quibbles. I was looking for … Read more >>
As usual Azed gives a challenge this week. I started fairly strongly with a couple of foodie entries – SCRAMBLED EGGS at 1 across and NOODLES at 14 across. In … Read more >>
It’s been around a year now since the ‘new’ Everyman took over the slot in The Observer. I think he’s settled now into a recognisable style and is producing entertaining and accessible puzzles … Read more >>
I did not need the dictionary as much as usual this week – Azed is being kind to us. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BRIDGE THE GAP To supply need, girl (saintly?) introduces … Read more >>
My apologies for the formatting of this blog, but the excellent utility that I (and many other bloggers) use to write the blogs does not appear to recognise this week’s puzzle. The puzzle … Read more >>
One of Everyman’s better crosswords this weekend, at least in my opinion. As we’ve come to expect, we have a related pair of longish answers (the with / without of 3d / 11d), … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3828. Much as we have come to expect from Everyman; three &lit clues, where the entire clue may be read as definition or as wordplay, and the … Read more >>
After last week’s tricky Letters Latent puzzle, this one was a lot gentler, though of the usual high quality. Thanks to Azed. Across 1. SHAMBA Plot devising … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Feb 16, 2020. Once more some enjoyable Sunday morning entertainment. Last week, Ted said something about an overdose of anagram clues. I had, once again, the same feeling when … Read more >>