Never knowingly undersolved
Another excellent offering from Everyman. I enjoyed solving and blogging this one, partly because it has given me the chance to chunter on about a couple of pieces of English usage that are … Read more >>
Back to normal with Everyman, didn’t take too long and don’t remember any great difficulties when I solved it.
I always enjoy blogging AZED puzzles, all those new words that I would otherwise never have known. Thank you AZED.
Another plain from Azed this week, with perhaps more four-letter words (which can be more difficult than the longer ones) than usual in the grid.
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3593.
Straightforward everyman, with some nice clues (but one niggle).
A plain Azed this week, but one that I enjoyed. It felt a bit like a home town crossword with the reference to Jedburgh. I have lived in Jedburgh for … Read more >>
Kind of a low-tech blog — apologies. I pulled a muscle, can’t get blogging utility to refer to old puzzles, the check is in the mail nd the dog ate my homework. Oh, and … Read more >>
Fine puzzle from Everyman. Just right for this slot. I liked this one a lot: I think our not so new setter is getting into his stride. Most of the clues don’t take … Read more >>
Another Everyman that caused me a few problems.
After the complications of the milestone crossword last week Azed returns to something more straightforward. His grids are really outstanding: nearly every time he has words that straddle the grid — in this case four of them — and that must be hard enough before he even starts to fit in the shorter words. And he does it all by hand, which is quite amazing.
Definitions in italics.
After the lunch in Wolfson College, Oxford, last Saturday to celebrate number 2250, we were lucky enough to be invited back to Azed’s house (and wonderful garden) for tea and cake. I asked him … Read more >>
the puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/everyman/3589.
Good crossword, that had me stumped in several places.
I learned some interesting new words this week. Thank you AZED.