A straightforward plain after last week’s Carte Blanche.
Observer
Everyman 3,676
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3676.
Everyman 3,675
A few more tricky clues today, such as 12ac which if, like me, you haven’t read the novel in question needed some online assistance. The customary smooth surfaces led to a pleasant Sunday … Read more >>
Azed 2366
An Azed Carte Blanche this week. No clue numbers given, no bars in the grid. You have to work it all out I enjoyed this where we had to do … Read more >>
Everyman 3674
I checked in to Fifteensquared this morning to see what everyone thought of last Sunday’s Everyman. Then I said a bad word, with four letters in it. It was DAMN of course. Apologies … Read more >>
AZED 2,335/OPSIMATHY
Well, I learnt quite a bit. So definitely an opsimathic experience. For me. I think this was in the easy to medium range for Azed. Though I might have left a wordplay or two behind.
AZED 2,334
The usual good-quality Azed competition puzzle: everything seems to be soundly clued.
Definitions underlined and in maroon.
In the preamble it says ‘NB Competition clues submitted should begin with an appropriate letter so as to complete a hidden message‘. I spent ages trying to find this hidden message.
Everyman 3,673
A nina in an Everyman? Well possibly.
Azed 2333
I rattled through most of this very quickly, but took at least as long again on the last half-dozen clues (I think the SW corner was the last to fall). Thanks to Azed … Read more >>
Everyman 3,672
The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3672.
Everyman 3,671
Perhaps a little more tricky than your average Everyman but still a pleasure to solve. If Pierre had covered this puzzle he would have had his customary ‘bird’ link but I’m sure you … Read more >>
AZED No 2,332 Plain
All present and correct. I found this very pleasurable, not the hardest AZED but a nicely consistent level of difficulty from the start to the finish. Thank you Azed.
AZED 2,331
Only one error (and that only the numbering of a clue) in a plain Azed this week.
Everyman 3670
Another uncontroversial, entry-level puzzle from Everyman. A bit one-dimensional, as I’ve said before; but one-dimensional is what you want when you’re a beginner or near-beginner, because that’s who the Everyman is aimed at. … Read more >>
Azed 2330 – Right & Left Competition Puzzle
An Azed competition puzzle this week – one of his ‘Right and Left’ offerings where each written clue is formed of two clues side by side without telling you which yields an answer in … Read more >>