Everyman’s recent form continues: a little rough in places, but a witty and enjoyable solve.
Observer
Azed 2450
A carte blanche to blog this week. I always enjoy cartes blanches as I like the challenge of cold solving a few clues. We were told that the grid was … Read more >>
Everyman 3,788
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3788.
AZED 2,449
Another fine puzzle. Thank you Azed.
Everyman 3,787
The Observer crossword from May 12, 2019
The good news is that this crossword had a similar feel as recent Everyman crosswords and, therefore, it looks like some consistency has set in.
A doable puzzle with quite a few anagrams to make life easier for beginning solvers.
AZED 2,448
Is this an Azed I see before me?
Azed 2447
Looking back, there seems to be a high proportion of obscure or unfamiliar words in this one, but despite this I didn’t find it too hard, helped by the usual flawless clueing. Thanks … Read more >>
Everyman 3,786/5 May
The new setter of the Everyman series kindly dropped into last week’s blog to introduce him/herself and indicate that there would be from now on one setter of the weekly puzzle that we … Read more >>
Everyman 3,785
Everyman continues to evolve slowly; there are similarities to last week’s puzzle but I think this is a better one.
AZED 2,446
Thank you Azed for another interesting puzzle.
AZED 2,445
A tougher than usual Azed for the Bank Holiday, but no Easter theme that I could detect.
Everyman 3,784
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3784.
Everyman 3,783
The Observer crossword from April 14, 2019
After reading some of the comments in last week’s Everyman blog, I thought “let’s prepare myself for the worst”. But, actually, I thought this was a rather pleasant crossword.
Azed 2444
A standard plain crossword. this week. I thought this was more difficult than many plain puzzles. Of course it didn’t help by putting in CHIPMUNK originally at 1 across, rather … Read more >>
Everyman 3,782/7 April
There are four of us who blog the Everyman, and there have certainly been some ropy ones recently to cover and explain. I seem to have landed some of the better offerings: this … Read more >>