Never knowingly undersolved
I found this mostly not to hard on the Azed scale, though a few clues held me up at the end, especially the crossing pair 30a and 22d. I have a couple of … Read more >>
Generally sound clues this week, usually fairly straightforward, but Everyman hasn’t been able to resist making one or two of them a bit tricky to disentangle.
Pleasant crossword from Azed this week. I didn’t think it was all that difficult by the usual standards, but would have appreciated a bit more guidance for words that are not in Chambers.
Solvers of The Observer’s Azed crossword, both regular and occasional, are invited to a special lunch to celebrate puzzle No. 2,750 at Wolfson College, Oxford on Saturday 3rd May, followed by afternoon tea at Azed’s Oxford home. For full details please email heald (dot) richard (at) gmail.com.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4083.
A 13 x 11 grid this week, but no 13-letter words.
Everyman time once again so walk dog, grab paper, find pub, buy beer and locate the dog biscuits.
We have a plain puzzle from Azed this week
Another sound Sunday puzzle from Everyman, with the usual trademarks which I am sure you will have discovered for yourself if you are a regular solver. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Some of the clues in this week’s Azed felt a bit quirkier than usual. I think that I have provided a fair parsing for everything, but I look forward to any further elucidation that might be forthcoming in the comments.
Sorry this blog's a few hours later than normal.
A nice crossword from Everyman. The clues are neat, often imaginative, and not tortuous, as they have sometimes been.
Several Azed bloggers, myself included, have commented that the appearance of a Playfair puzzle is a scary prospect, as it involved both cold-solving the italicised clues, and deducing the codeword from the answers and the crossing letters.
The Azed Christmas puzzle has a stated closing date of 29th December. This is unusual in two ways: first by being a Sunday, and secondly by not giving an extra week, as is … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4079.