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The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3868. I found this considerably easier than last week’s Everyman, but with rather too many questionable details. ACROSS 1 TRENCH COAT Hector can’t change into outerwear (6,4) … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Nov 22, 2020 Another Sunday, another Everyman. And I am not complaining. But once again I’ll ask the question “Is it just me who thinks that our Sunday setter … Read more >>
A plain puzzle this week requiring a fair bit of general knowledge. I wonder when this puzzle was compiled as AMBER Rudd who features in the wordplay for 27 across, … Read more >>
I think we need to give credit to Everyman – and I don’t at all mean this in a ‘faint praise’ way – for producing a tractable but entertaining puzzle week in and … Read more >>
My weekly fix of interesting words and phrases. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 MUSS Millions start of revolution purged from Russia in conflict once (4) M (millions) then Revolution (first letter, start of) … Read more >>
Another fun puzzle from Everyman, with most of the usual features we’ve come to expect. The clues range from pretty straightforward to quite complex, which I think is what Everyman intends (to give … Read more >>
A mostly straightforward puzzle this week, although I am missing one parsing. I can’t parse 27 dn, but apart from that, this effort didn’t pose too many difficulties, which has more to do … Read more >>
A fairly typical Azed experience for me on this one, with most of the answers going in fairly quickly and a few stragglers holding out longer. It’s always good to solve a long … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3864. Much as we have come to expect from Everyman, including the rhyming pair at 3D and 11D, and the ‘primarily’ clue at 6A. There are a … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Oct 25, 2020 Enjoyable stuff again, although not squeaky-clean. Even a bit dotty because Everyman gives us no less than four clues-with-dots. Unfortunately, I don’t really see the need … Read more >>
Plenty of familiar words in here for me, but I didn’t find it much easier than the obscure offerings. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 CHLORDAN Something to zap bugs after hospital peer kept … Read more >>
A very straightforward plain Azed this week, after the previous week’s Carte Blanche. A puzzle whose references span from Greek mythology to Radio 4. As always, I learned something from my explorations into … Read more >>
My sense when solving and blogging this one was that it was rather clunky, with some overlong surfaces. Your experience may have differed, of course. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
A carte blanche puzzle for us this week Sometimes Carte Blanche puzzles require a lot of cold solving before the grid starts to fit together, but this one fell into … Read more >>
Everyman as usual: a bit untidy in places but a fun solve. Those who don’t like contrived or wordy surfaces and imprecise definitions may be a little irritated – though no more than … Read more >>