Never knowingly undersolved
Quite a high proportion of obscure words in this one, I think, but even so I managed to finish it quite quickly, and almost entirely without aids, thanks to educated guesswork resulting from … Read more >>
The usual mixture of charades, insertions and anagrams from Everyman, with some typical multi-part clues. And a little milestone for me today too. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double … Read more >>
Apologies for the late appearance of the blog, my ability to type has been severely hampered by a cubital tunnel operation on my arm.
The instructions for this puzzle were as follows:
Clues are of two types. In each of the acrosses, the cryptic
part leads to the answer to be entered and the definition part
leads to an anagram of that answer. In each of the downs, the
definition part leads to the answer to be entered and the (cryptic)
remainder leads to an anagram of that answer. All grid entries
and anagrams thereof are in the Chambers Dictionary (2014),
except for two proper names (one biblical and one geographical).
Bracketed numbers refer throughout to grid entries. Anagrams of
entries at 15 Across and 6 Down each consist of two words.
A 13 by 11 grid this week, with generous checking and one unusual clue.
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3748.
The Observer crossword from Aug 5, 2018
I went pretty slow through this fine crossword. That was probably because my head was still filled with music after my stay at ….
This puzzle continues my run of plain Azeds. It was a competition puzzle this week with competitors required to write a clue for LUNCHEONETTE, the entry at 3 down. There was … Read more >>
As always, I enjoyed solving and blogging this Everyman crossword. He’s good, you know. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd double definition cad clue as definition (xxxx)* anagram anagrind = … Read more >>
Another Sunday, another guided tour through the lesser known regions of the dictionary. Most enjoyable as always, thank you Azed.
A most pleasant Everyman, my word creating easy to solve but elegantly clued crosswords can’t be easy. However I printed it out, I appeared to be in a Listener type twilight zone when I looked at the clues.
A puzzle where two letters evaded me for a while…
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3744.
I solved this quite quickly, but fully parsing some of the the clues took a while, and I’m not completely satisfied with my explanation of 11d, unless the clue is uncharacteristically loose, which seems unlikely. Thanks to Azed.
The Observer crossword from July 8, 2018
Some Everyman puzzles are (slightly) harder than others. This one was somewhere in the middle, nicely pitched, precise and a joy to solve.