Never knowingly undersolved
Gemelo gives a special puzzle this week. We were presented with a set of clues that looked like this; It took me a while to get into this puzzle, as I didn’t see … Read more >>
From the editorial team:
Apologies to anyone solving this weekend’s competition crossword
The puzzle may be found as a pdf at https://www.tinyurl.com/Everyman4147.
A surprisingly approachable offering from Gemelo this week.
Another bit of Sunday fun from Everyman
Not a typical Azed plain this week.
All the trademark clues present as usual in this week’s offering from Everyman. Some straightforward anagrams to give you a foothold, then a grid that fell out nicely, for this solver at least.
I think I’m gradually getting the hang of this setter: a few tricky moments but less of a struggle than I’ve found some of his work. Thanks to Gemelo.
After the brilliant Gemelo 27 with its Spoonerisms etc, we are now back to a plain Gemelo, and it seemed to me to be harder, possibly because I was solving at the computer (the software that I normally use has been tripped up by The Observer’s changes and this blog will look a bit different) with my reference books on my lap — I hadn’t learnt how to print a pdf, which thanks to The Observer I know now. There are two whose parsing is at present beyond me and which I hope to understand while I’m doing the blog. [Later: no].
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 some sort of red, underlined. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*
All fine. A nice crossword with nothing very controversial so far as I can see. Definitions in some sort of red, underlined. Indicators (homophone, hidden, containment, anagram, juxtaposition, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated … Read more >>
Arguably the best Gemelo yet, with devices that do not just display the setter’s ingenuity but also challenge the solver.
The puzzle may be found (behind a paywall) in interactive form at https://observer.co.uk/puzzles/everyman/article/everyman-no-4143 ,or as a pdf at https://cdn.slowdownwiseup.co.uk/media/documents/obs.everyman.20260315.pdf.
Another solid offering from Everyman.
Gemelo is now well into his series of Observer puzzles.
How splendid to blog another Azed.