The Observer crossword from Aug 4, 2019
The ‘new’ Everyman’s style is becoming quite a consistent one.
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Everyman 3,798/28 July
Another sound enough offering from Everyman this morning, but with one clue where the instruction is missing and a few – in my opinion at least – with rather random surface readings. … Read more >>
Everyman 3,797
As the preamble says, this is an anniversary puzzle. And with lots of other coverage of the same anniversary in the last week or so, it’s not hard to guess the subject.
Everyman 3,796
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3796.
Everyman 3,795
The Observer crossword from Jul 7, 2019
We’re getting used the new-style Everyman, aren’t we?
Everyman 3,794/30 June
Another enjoyable puzzle from Everyman, but one where I suspect less experienced solvers will be saying ‘too hard’. I could be wrong. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition … Read more >>
Everyman 3,793
Everyman has definitely settled into a consistent style now.
Everyman 3,792
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3792.
Everyman 3,791
The Observer crossword from June 9, 2019
This Everyman puzzle took me an hour to finish, which was about the same amount of time that I spent on the Guardian’s Prize from Paul.
Perhaps, I wasn’t in the right mindset but my conclusion must be ‘this was quite hard’.
Everyman 3,790/2 June
Another puzzle that hits the spot for the Everyman slot, I thought. Some generous clues to get you going, then all gettable with a bit of perseverance. There is a … Read more >>
Everyman 3,789
Everyman’s recent form continues: a little rough in places, but a witty and enjoyable solve.
Everyman 3,788
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3788.
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.
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.