Another sound puzzle in the typical Everyman style to go with the Sunday morning coffee, in the UK at least. Our US and Antipodean friends may have different habits.
Everyman
Everyman 4,112
It seems that Everyman is now closer to producing the sort of pleasant sound straightforward crossword that we used to see in the Everyman slot and which had seemed to be things of the past.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, juxtaposition, reversal, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green,
Everyman 4,111
The puzzle may be found (as long as it is made available) at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4111.
Everyman No. 4110
As it’s Everyman, you’d expect all the standard features to be present and correct.
Everyman 4,109/20 July
Another week, another Everyman, with all the usual trademarks.
Everyman 4,108
A nice crossword from Everyman with all the usual features, which have been coloured. I imagine poor old Everyman every week thinking “what’s a long word or phrase which has the same number of letters as another one and rhymes or has some other connection with it?” and to manage to find a suitable pair is quite impressive. Many thanks to a friend of mine who explained two where I was lost.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophone, anagram, hidden, reversal, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(like this). Link-words — and there aren’t many of them, a sign of good setting — in green.
Everyman 4,107
The puzzle may be found in interactive form at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4107, and as a pdf at https://cdn.observer.co.uk/media/documents/obs.everyman.20250706.pdf.
Everyman 4,106
Everyman, ‘the crossword world’s entry point since 1945’,
Observer puzzles – the future
It appears that The Observer is planning to enable digital submission to their crossword competitions from 6th July for both Azed and Everyman.
Everyman 4,105/22 June
Alan Connor continues as the setter of the Everyman under the paper’s new ownership. Another sound puzzle from him here.
Everyman 4,104
I thought this was rather harder than usual, but perhaps that was because I was having dreadful trouble with my mouse. The blog took longer than it usually does. The usual rhyming pair, the self-referential clue and the ‘primarily’ clue are all as usual and coloured in the diagram. Some nice clues, one or two that I don’t understand, and one or two mild criticisms.
Definitions in italics, underlined in crimson. Indicators (homophone, reversal, anagram, missing letter, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Everyman 4,103
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.
Everyman 4,102
It wouldn’t be Everyman …
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.
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.