Another plain 12 x 12 puzzle from Azed this week.
Observer
Everyman 3694
Pretty much what I and my fellow Everyman bloggers say every Sunday: a well-constructed puzzle with good surface readings, appropriate for the improving solver. Well done, Everyman, for putting out a consistently good … Read more >>
Everyman 3,693
Sunday morning and time to blog the Everyman over the noise of screaming grandchildren.
Azed 2354
A plain Azed puzzle for us this time This was a fairly standard Azed puzzle with precise cluing. The format of the clues is rarely different from those you find … Read more >>
AZED 2,353
Either I’ve been doing this long enough to actually have improved or… (more likely) this was on the easier end of the Azed spectrum. In any event, finished this off in about an hour (v. fast for me) without overly abusing Chambers.
Everyman 3,692
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3692.
Everyman 3,691
A little more tricky than your average Everyman if my solving time is anything to go by but I’ve no complaints about that. . . Across 1 Much less room sadly for supplementary … Read more >>
AZED 2,352
In a few cases (14ac, 19dn, 25dn, 27dn) Azed has produced clues of the highest quality, clues that would I’m sure be quoted in his own clue-setting competitions, but many of the rest, as is always the case with Azed, are, although perfectly sound and quite pleasant, very simple in their construction and the answers are only difficult to find because they require knowledge of words that are way beyond the ken of the solver on the Clapham omnibus. Which is as it should be. He is not intended to be solved on the C. o.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
Azed 2351
There seems to be a higher-than-usual proportion of unfamiliar words in this puzzle, but despite that I managed to finish it quite quickly without aids (though a couple of my plausible guesses turned … Read more >>
Everyman 3690/2 July
Another very good puzzle in the Everyman style – that is, at the easier end of the cryptic spectrum. It is all clued clearly, so I have given only brief explanations; but if … Read more >>
Everyman 3,689
We may have the same intro every week I fear.
AZED No. 2,350 SUMMER READING
Super puzzle and an enjoyable change form the standard Sunday fare. Thank you Azed.
AZED 2,349
A more than usually eclectic mix of words from Azed this week.
Everyman 3,688
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3688.
Everyman 3,687
Yet again Everyman has produced an accessible puzzle that is ideal for those new, or relatively new, to the art of solving cryptic crosswords. However, I do have one minor reservation. For the … Read more >>