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Everyman 3,918/14 November

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I enjoyed this one from Everyman, with a couple of clues that I particularly liked. One or two queries that I’m sure contributors will help resolve. And for those collecting such things, the … Read more >>

Azed 2579

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A gentle walk in the park (relatively speaking) after the previous week’s tricky Letters Latent. Thanks to Azed.   Across 1 SVARABHAKTI Kasbah TV air waves demonstrating vocalic development (11)(KASBAH TV AIR)* – … Read more >>

Everyman 3,917

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There are some nice clues in this crossword, but also a few that I’m not comfortable with, as will be clear from the blog.

Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, reversal, homophone etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated like *(this) or (this)*

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Everyman 3,915

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The Observer crossword from Oct 24, 2021
A generally smooth offering from Everyman, with not much to frighten the horses.

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Azed 2576

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A plain Azed puzzle this week.       There was the usual mix of unknown, vaguely-known and well known words and phrases in the entries in this puzzle leading to a my … Read more >>

Everyman 3,914/17 October

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Another Sunday offering from Everyman that I think will please beginners and less experienced solvers. I’m sure they’ll tell us if not. The trademark clues this week are the rhyming couplet PITTER-PATTER and … Read more >>

Everyman 3,913

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There are several features of ‘the new Everyman’: rhyming answers (although I always have trouble finding these — Quito – Cointreau?), the ‘Primarily’ clue, which always provides a nice easy way in, the clues to these (as here) often being very clever, the reference to Everyman as ‘me’ which so far as I can see always appears quietly somewhere (in 12ac this time), and possibly others. Within these restrictions we are usually nowadays given a sound crossword. My criticisms below tend to be very minor. One might carp about the fact that there are as many as three (I think) reversals of the whole thing.

Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (hidden, reversal, homophone, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated (like this)* or *(this).

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Azed 2573

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As I was writing up this blog, it struck me that most of the parsing of the clues is very straightforward: I think more so than usual. Of course there’s the usual helping … Read more >>