A plain puzzle from Azed this week.
Observer
Everyman 3,892
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3892.
Azed 2552
Azed gives us a plain puzzle this week with an introductory note that Chambers does not give explicitly the adjectival form at 30 across. This puzzle raises a question that … Read more >>
Everyman 3,890/2 May
Having dropped into Sil’s blog a few weeks ago to say I agreed with him about Everyman becoming more consistent as a setter of our Sunday puzzle, I found myself getting slightly grumpy … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,551 ‘Spoonerisms’ – Competition Puzzle
I found this really good fun. Thank you Azed.
Everyman 3,889
Only one or two rough edges this week. The Everyman crossword is getting better and is moving towards becoming what it says on the packet, a good sound entry-level crossword like the old Everyman. Are the rhyming clues 8dn and 13dn? Or 12ac and 16ac?
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, hidden, reversal, etc) in italics. Letters omitted are [like this].
Azed No. 2,550 Plain
As straightforward as Azed can be.
Azed 2549
I found this not too hard, though somewhat less easy to decode in detail, not helped by an initial wrong guess at 32a. I believe there’s a small slip in 20a, but otherwise … Read more >>
Everyman 3,888
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3888.
Everyman 3,887
The Observer crossword from Apr 11, 2021
Good fun from Everyman.
Azed No. 2,548 Plain
Another treat for word lovers. Thank you Azed.
Everyman 3,886/4 April
Another pleasing puzzle from Everyman and perhaps a diversion for some from an Easter egg hunt in a frost-covered garden. Recognising that many readers of the blog will be those in the early … Read more >>
Azed No. 2,547 Plain – Competition Puzzle
The monthly competition puzzle from Azed with perhaps the hint of a French theme, MISERE, IL and LE all making an appearance, as well as BLÉ.
Everyman 3,885
I’ve blogged only four of these crosswords so far and think they’re improving. Initially there seemed to be a few rough edges, but now everything works well and I hardly make any criticisms here. People tend to point out long clues that rhyme or are in some way alliterative, but I often don’t notice these and a quick glance doesn’t show me anything in this crossword. What I do notice is that there is always so far as I can see a mention of Everyman somewhere in the clues; and I have noticed what has been mentioned, the obligatory first letters clue.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagrams, hidden, first letters, etc) in italics.