Never knowingly undersolved
A good sound Everyman which I found a bit easier than usual. Often I get hung up on some answer, but not in this case. All the usual Everyman trademarks are there and are coloured in the diagram.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophone, hidden, containment, anagram, juxtaposition, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green. Homophones indicated “like this” and deletions [like this].
One of my quickest solves of a Gemelo puzzle, I think, but none the worse for that. Across 1 EGGNOGS These may go down well at Christmas to illustrate decoration reflecting saint … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found in interactive form (behind a paywall or as a sample) at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4175 or as a pdf at https://tinyurl.com/Everyman4175.
What a good crossword Gemelo has set. The surfaces are convincing and read sensibly, and the crossword gave me much pleasure to solve.
My guess is that anyone who does these crosswords will have a copy of Chambers to hand and so won’t need everything to be spelled out. In the parsing I have confined myself to explaining when the wordplay is not immediately clear.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*
The puzzle may be found at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4174
All fairly straightforward this week from Everyman – which, to be fair, is usually the case. It was only the famous (mis)quote that I couldn’t see for ages.
Gemelo marks his 50th puzzle with a new device.
What has now become a typically good and sound Everyman crossword with generally nice surfaces. Some of the answers are quite easy to find, so I think he is becoming more user-friendly for those who are not yet all that familiar with things.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophone, hidden, containment, anagram, juxtaposition, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
This puzzle was published in the Observer on the first Sunday of October, so that means it is an Azed puzzle rather than a Gemelo puzzle.
The puzzle may be found in interactive form (behind a paywall or as a limited free trial) at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4171 or openly as a pdf at https://tinyurl.com/Everyman4171.
Another well-crafted puzzle from Gemelo. I managed only a few solutions on my first pass, and I really felt stymied, but then one by one the clues suddenly seemed almost obvious.
I found this quite tough going for an Everyman
The original puzzle may be found here.
A plain puzzle from Gemelo, with the usual collection of unfamiliar words to add to our vocabularies (and, at least in my case, to forget shortly afterwards). Thanks to Gemelo.
All the usual features of an Everyman puzzle in this one.