A middle difficulty Azed this week. Thank you.
Observer
Everyman 3,751
The Observer crossword from Sep 2, 2018
The first Sunday in September (well, today it’s the second) and more of the same. That may sound negative but it’s not meant to be like that.
AZED 2,412
A straightforward Azed offering…
Azed 2411
Quite a high proportion of obscure words in this one, I think, but even so I managed to finish it quite quickly, and almost entirely without aids, thanks to educated guesswork resulting from … Read more >>
Everyman 3750/26 August
The usual mixture of charades, insertions and anagrams from Everyman, with some typical multi-part clues. And a little milestone for me today too. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
Everyman 3,749
Apologies for the late appearance of the blog, my ability to type has been severely hampered by a cubital tunnel operation on my arm.
Azed 2,410 – Rama’s Nag
The instructions for this puzzle were as follows:
Clues are of two types. In each of the acrosses, the cryptic
part leads to the answer to be entered and the definition part
leads to an anagram of that answer. In each of the downs, the
definition part leads to the answer to be entered and the (cryptic)
remainder leads to an anagram of that answer. All grid entries
and anagrams thereof are in the Chambers Dictionary (2014),
except for two proper names (one biblical and one geographical).
Bracketed numbers refer throughout to grid entries. Anagrams of
entries at 15 Across and 6 Down each consist of two words.
Azed No 2409
A 13 by 11 grid this week, with generous checking and one unusual clue.
Everyman 3,748
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3748.
Everyman 3,747
The Observer crossword from Aug 5, 2018
I went pretty slow through this fine crossword. That was probably because my head was still filled with music after my stay at ….
Azed 2408
This puzzle continues my run of plain Azeds. It was a competition puzzle this week with competitors required to write a clue for LUNCHEONETTE, the entry at 3 down. There was … Read more >>
Everyman 3746/29 July
As always, I enjoyed solving and blogging this Everyman crossword. He’s good, you know. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>
AZED 2,407
Another Sunday, another guided tour through the lesser known regions of the dictionary. Most enjoyable as always, thank you Azed.
Everyman 3,745
A most pleasant Everyman, my word creating easy to solve but elegantly clued crosswords can’t be easy. However I printed it out, I appeared to be in a Listener type twilight zone when I looked at the clues.
AZED 2,406
A puzzle where two letters evaded me for a while…