A pleasure to solve and blog as always. Thank you Azed.
Observer
Everyman 3,811
The Observer crossword from Oct 27, 2019
Another Everyman crossword that will please some and, in places, annoy others.
AZED 2,472 by Azed
A plain Azed that I solved at a steady pace. I was able to complete all bar the SE corner without resorting to Chambers, so this must have been a fairly straightforward offering. … Read more >>
Azed 2471
It gets harder and harder to say anything new about Azed – just another top-quality puzzle, as ever. I thought I’d caught him out in an error in 22d, but not surprisingly the … Read more >>
Everyman 3,810/20 October
A decent enough puzzle from Everyman for this week, but I do have a couple of niggles. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>
AZED 2,470 Plain
What is there left to say? Thank you Azed for yet another interesting puzzle. Apologies for the late arrival of the blog, I messed up with the scheduled publish time. ACROSS 1 OLD-FOGEYISH … Read more >>
Everyman 3,809
Everyman’s on good form this week. A fun solve.
AZED 2,469
A Spoonerisms puzzle for this month’s competition: the first for over a year
Everyman 3,808
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3808.
Everyman 3,807
The Observer crossword from Sep 29, 2019
A puzzle in which Everyman went from one level to another (with a lot in between).
Azed 2468
A standard puzzle from Azed this week giving us another opportunity to dip into Chambers Dictionary for some new words. In the clues and few of the entries there were … Read more >>
Everyman 3,806/22 September
Bonjour. Everyman has settled into a distinctive style, which (now I am familiar with it) is an aid to solving. I’ve got a few niggles about this one, though. The … Read more >>
AZED 2,467
Another interesting trip though the English language with an expert guide. Thank you Azed.
Everyman 3,805
I think we now know what to expect from Everyman, and this is it.
AZED 2,466
A puzzle with some contemporary political, sporting and cultural references this week, but I was troubled a little by the plural of certain fish(es).