Never knowingly undersolved
Another excellent entry-level puzzle from Everyman, but with a few unusual features, none of which were Christmas-related. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator … Read more >>
The usual Everyman for me this week.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3557.
Another fairly straightforward everyman, with a couple of new words and some parsing that escaped me.
I often find with Everyman that his references make me go and look up stuff that I kind of knew, but had forgotten. So once I’d finished solving the puzzle this morning I … Read more >>
Everyman is my usual gentle warm-up early on a Sunday morning before moving on to the likes of Azed, Inquisitor and Beelzebub and today was no exception. Nothing held me up for long … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3553.
A lot of clever anagrams in this one, and the typically good surfaces that we expect from Everyman. One or two tricky ones, though, where I for one needed some crossing letters before … Read more >>
A quite enjoyable Everyman this week
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3549.
Breezy stuff, on a breezy day.
Another pleasing Sunday morning crossword from Everyman. One or two old chesnutty friends making an appearance, but it’s a puzzle for improving solvers, so we won’t quibble. Appearances from PORTIA and LADY MACBETH, … Read more >>
A lot of cryptic defs I thought this week
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3545.