The PDF of the puzzle may be found at https://cdn.observer.co.uk/media/documents/obs.everyman.20250608.pdf as long as it is available.
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Azed No. 2,763 plain – competition puzzle
The usual pleasant crossword from Azed. I have one or two slight questions about things but no doubt they will be explained.
Definitions in italics, underlined in crimson. Anagram indicators in italics.
Everyman 4,102
It wouldn’t be Everyman …
Azed postal address
Comment from Bridgesong on his latest Azed blog:
Everyman 4,101/25 May
New owners at The Observer, but happily for Everyman fans, the same old crossword. All the trademark clues in a pleasing and tractable cryptic.
Azed No. 2,762 – plain
Rather more than the usual quota of four letter words made this week’s plain puzzle more challenging than some (although it was particularly easy in another way…)
Everyman 4,100
A pleasant crossword this week from Everyman. No great problems and any (only very occasional and slight) grumble is mentioned in the blog. Nearly 30% of the answers are four-letter words, which are often (but not in this case) tricky; not perhaps the best of grids.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophones, of which there were more than usual, reversals, anagrams, first letters, juxtapositions, etc.) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Azed 2761
A plain crossword from Azed this week.
Azed No. 2,760 – Plain
This week’s Azed seemed mostly straightforward . . .
Everyman 4,099
With the new regime, it seems that the interactive version of Everyman is only available for the current puzzle; the pdf version may be found at https://cdn.observer.co.uk/media/documents/Everyman_4099_11_May.pdf, but it remains to be seen how long it will be archived.
Everyman 4,098
This is the second appearance of Everyman in its/his new home on observer.co.uk
Azed No. 2,759 plain – competition puzzle
A slightly tougher than normal plain Azed…
flashling: from blogwork to barwork and beyond
I received the following information from Balfour (a regular commenter)
Azed 2758
A new proprietor, a new interactive interface, but the same reliable Azed. It feels as if there are fewer familiar words than usual, but despite that I managed to fill the grid fairly quickly. On the other hand, some of the parsing was a bit tricky, with 32 down proving elusive until the 11th hour. Thanks to Azed for the puzzle, and best wishes to those attending the lunch in Oxford today yesterday, which I’m I was sadly unable to attend on this occasion.
Everyman 4,097/27 April
New owner, same crossword, same setter … a big day for The Observer, but what looks like for now the same Everyman crossword that has been in the paper for the last 80 years, compiled by a number of setters but always intended as a tractable Sunday cryptic. Who knows if things will change, but for now let’s see what this week’s puzzle had to offer.