Never knowingly undersolved
I did not need the dictionary as much as usual this week – Azed is being kind to us. Thank you Azed. ACROSS 1 BRIDGE THE GAP To supply need, girl (saintly?) introduces … Read more >>
My apologies for the formatting of this blog, but the excellent utility that I (and many other bloggers) use to write the blogs does not appear to recognise this week’s puzzle. The puzzle … Read more >>
One of Everyman’s better crosswords this weekend, at least in my opinion. As we’ve come to expect, we have a related pair of longish answers (the with / without of 3d / 11d), … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3828. Much as we have come to expect from Everyman; three &lit clues, where the entire clue may be read as definition or as wordplay, and the … Read more >>
After last week’s tricky Letters Latent puzzle, this one was a lot gentler, though of the usual high quality. Thanks to Azed. Across 1. SHAMBA Plot devising … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Feb 16, 2020. Once more some enjoyable Sunday morning entertainment. Last week, Ted said something about an overdose of anagram clues. I had, once again, the same feeling when … Read more >>
A tricky puzzle that took me a long while to finish, but very satisfying once it was all done. Thank you Azed. I don’t think the clues were any harder than usual but … Read more >>
A pleasing puzzle from Everyman for our Sunday morning entertainment. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = anagram indicator [x] letter(s) removed … Read more >>
Rather more compound anagrams than usual in this week’s plain Azed.
A bit of a mixed bag this week: mostly straightforward, some excellent clues, but a few slightly iffy ones. I enjoyed most of this, but a few clues look as though Everyman didn’t … Read more >>
As usual the first Azed of the month is a competition puzzle. This time it is a standard plain Azed frequently includes Scots words as entries, but today he went … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3824. Here we have the linked answers 8D ON THE LEVEL and 14D OFF THE WALL. Everyman also seems to be making almost a theme of &lit … Read more >>
I found this easier than usual. Azed has one of the most consistent levels of difficulty of any setter I know, so I attribute this quick solve to my being in a sharper … Read more >>
The Observer crossword from Jan 19, 2020. Nice ‘n’ easy. Perfect Sunday, in our case, afternoon entertainment over a cuppa. The two long ones are ending in words that rhyme (welly & jelly) … Read more >>
A plain Azed where most of the answers slotted in readily enough…