I’ve had my obscure word fix for the week and I’m feeling much better now. Thank you Azed.
Observer
AZED 2,382
Massive apologies for the delay in getting this blog out.
Azed 4/2/18
The blog of this puzzle has been delayed but will appear in due course.
Everyman 3,721
The usual well constructed Everyman.
Azed 2381
As often happens with my Azed solving these days, I filled in most of the grid quite quickly, with the last half-dozen clues taking considerably longer. There are a couple that I can’t … Read more >>
Everyman 3,720
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3720.
Everyman 3,719
The Observer crossword / Jan 21, 2018
Another excellent offering from many solvers’ favourite Sunday setter.
AZED 2,380
I filled the grid quickly enough, probably because of a lower than usual obscure word count. Explaining the clues took longer than usual, there is still one explanation that is not quite there. Thank you Azed.
Everyman 3718
Plenty of charades, anagrams and insertions. Everyman is in town. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed abbreviations are underlined … Read more >>
AZED No 2379
A reasonably straightforward puzzle to solve: but blogging it proved much more challenging.
Everyman 3,717
My first blog for a while, many thanks to Gaufrid whilst I’ve been a bit under the weather.
Azed 2378
The Azed puzzle this week is the monthly competition puzzle where this month the puzzle is plain and one clue is simply a definition. Competitors are asked to write a clue for the … Read more >>
AZED 2,377
I got though this quite quickly, so either I’m getting better or this is at the easier end of the Azed spectrum. Thank you Azed for yet another fine puzzle.
AZED 2,376
It took me several sittings to (almost) complete this one. The puddings weren’t too difficult to identify, but some of the coins were new to me.
Everyman 3,716
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3716.