Never knowingly undersolved
Everyman as we’ve come to expect: occasionally a bit untidy but generally fun. As we’ve often seen recently, there are some rather loose definitions and slightly vague indicators in wordplay. However, there are … Read more >>
Azed provides us with our weekly crossword challenge and opportunity to increase our vocabulary. It was a plain Azed this week with a good mix of well known and obscure … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3812. Everyman seemingly on a new tack; I thought it distinctly harder than previous offerings, and I see no trace of the linked answers which have been … Read more >>
A pleasure to solve and blog as always. Thank you Azed.
The Observer crossword from Oct 27, 2019
Another Everyman crossword that will please some and, in places, annoy others.
A plain Azed that I solved at a steady pace. I was able to complete all bar the SE corner without resorting to Chambers, so this must have been a fairly straightforward offering. … Read more >>
It gets harder and harder to say anything new about Azed – just another top-quality puzzle, as ever. I thought I’d caught him out in an error in 22d, but not surprisingly the … Read more >>
A decent enough puzzle from Everyman for this week, but I do have a couple of niggles. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram … Read more >>
What is there left to say? Thank you Azed for yet another interesting puzzle. Apologies for the late arrival of the blog, I messed up with the scheduled publish time. ACROSS 1 OLD-FOGEYISH … Read more >>
Everyman’s on good form this week. A fun solve.
A Spoonerisms puzzle for this month’s competition: the first for over a year
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3808.
The Observer crossword from Sep 29, 2019
A puzzle in which Everyman went from one level to another (with a lot in between).
A standard puzzle from Azed this week giving us another opportunity to dip into Chambers Dictionary for some new words. In the clues and few of the entries there were … Read more >>
Bonjour. Everyman has settled into a distinctive style, which (now I am familiar with it) is an aid to solving. I’ve got a few niggles about this one, though. The … Read more >>