Never knowingly undersolved
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’.
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’s recent form continues: a little rough in places, but a witty and enjoyable solve.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3788.
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.
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 continues to evolve slowly; there are similarities to last week’s puzzle but I think this is a better one.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3784.
The Observer crossword from April 14, 2019
After reading some of the comments in last week’s Everyman blog, I thought “let’s prepare myself for the worst”. But, actually, I thought this was a rather pleasant crossword.
There are four of us who blog the Everyman, and there have certainly been some ropy ones recently to cover and explain. I seem to have landed some of the better offerings: this … Read more >>
Another week, another Everyman. Some very good clues, some messy ones.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3780.
The Observer crossword from Mar 17, 2019
Another Everyman crossword that, luckily, didn’t frighten the horses.
It’s nearly two months now since our last, long-serving Everyman setter retired, and the offerings since then have been, let’s say, variable. This one, in my opinion at least, passes muster. The problem … Read more >>
For those who’ve been following the progress of Everyman over the last few weeks, this one seems to be continuing in the same direction.