A 12 x 12 grid with four 11 letter words, but no 4 letter ones.
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Everyman crossword No 4,095
The puzzle mnay be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4095.
Everyman 4,094 by Everyman
A pretty standard sort of Everyman, I thought …
Azed 2755
It’s an Azed competition this week so one entry has no wordplay. Solvers can submit their own clue as part of competition.
Azed No. 2,754 – Plain
Thanks to Azed for this puzzle. A couple of quibbles/queries noted below.
Everyman 4,093/30 March
Everyman with a puzzle to challenge us all after the clocks have gone forward. In the UK, at least.
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Azed No. 2,753 – plain
Apologies for the late blog.
Everyman 4,092 by Everyman
A pleasant Everyman, of around medium difficulty in my opinion, except for the odd clue where we are treated to the sort of thing Everyman meets when doing The Listener crossword. All the usual trademarks, which are coloured (in random colours, simply those I thought were prettiest) in the grid.
Definitions underlined in crimson. Indicators (anagram, hidden, homophone, insertion, reversal etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Azed 2752
Thanks to Azed for another quality puzzle.
Everyman 4,091 by Everyman
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/4091.
Azed No. 2,751 Plain
A pleasant enough crossword from Azed this week, with no major comments to make, except that it has always struck me that his signposting of archaisms/obsolete words might be more consistent. We usually get things like ‘once’, ‘of old’, ‘no longer’ etc, but not always. Chambers tells us that the word is archaic or whatever but we are left to solve the clue without being aware of this.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Anagram indicators in italics.
Everyman 4,090 by Everyman
Sunday – walk the dog on the beach at Dunwich. It used to be one of the most prosperous towns in England but land erosion means little but a ruined Priory and a few houses remain. Anyway time to find dog biscuits and beer and solve this weeks puzzle
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