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Down clues were `normal’, which helped a lot in providing checked lights to help in solving the trickier across clues. While appealing to solvers of all levels of experience, the Everyman crossword is often suggested as a good starting point for those new to cryptics, and fledgling solvers will find the solutions notes and introduction to cryptic clue types to be invaluable. I could not understand the symbol in 1a and could barely read it on my small phone screen, so that did not help me. It seems the Observer had to find a crossword setter at short notice, which is some kind of excuse for the offering above, but it’s still the worst crossword puzzle I’ve ever seen in a supposedly quality newspaper. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

The views presented here are personal and not necessarily those of my employer (or anyone else for that matter). In fact, giving the setter a bit of leeway allows more room for the sort of playful deception that makes cryptic crosswords enjoyable (although to my mind the most satisfying clues are the ones that achieve playful deception while strictly adhering to those rules). It is interesting though, that the most proficient solvers of cryptic crosswords, according to a study done by a UK University, (which was posted on 225 years ago and I can’t remember now), are people with science and technology backgrounds.

Porsche Cayman The Model For EverymanPorsche is well known for its lead in the sports and recreational vehicle market. Yes, it’s certainly better than last week (which isn’t difficult), but not really up to Colin’s standard.

The phrase is used in legalese to mean 'the reasonable person', and has gone into the language to mean 'the man in the street', a modern Everyman.As if the world weren’t crazy enough, yesterday the Observer served up this as its Everyman Crossword puzzle No. They’re not as challenging as Azed, but I always like to tackle the Everyman puzzle as a sort of warm-up exercise before doing that one.

Everyman 4029 23a Bizarrely, some cheer tabloid (a number) (4,5,3,3) I thought it might be an anagram but perhaps not. That’s not enough to merit a prize but at least gets me on the scoreboard for this year’s competition. e. TRACK with the end missing and with number meaning a track on a record); `of gripes’ defines TORMINAL; the rest is MINATORY (threatening) with TORY replaced by L for Liberal. The Oldie has two crosswords, of differing levels of difficulty, labelled `Genius’ and `Moron’, respectively.I didn't spot any rhyming pairs and was a tad disappointed that 1a wasn't put to better use and used as a possible theme. Sunday 21st January 2024: 'Theatrical farce no one gets rid of (though second character cut) (6,3)'. I noticed a ‘Rozalyn’ and a ‘Rosaleen’ listed among this week’s winners – would either of those be our esteemed and prolific commenter ‘Roz’? The pairs of words are clued in such a way that the definition part relates to the full word, but the cryptic indication relates only to the part not involved in the collision, i. Thanks for the blog, I also thought it was BRAS(s) , two very long complete anagrams for Jay’s list.

Azed 2459 - Last Two + Parsing Queries 15a Little old bird tom's sneakily trapped in trough (7) TITM _ _ E I can find Titmice, but that is plural and doesn't parse. As a subscriber to the Azed Slip detailing the outcomes of the monthly Azed crossword puzzle competition, I knew a week or so ago that I’d got a VHC (`Very Highly Commended’) in Azed No. GARDEN HOSE – I’d never heard of the forest of Arden, and only found it by googling after I got the answer with crossers. I actually knew LESOTHO is a monarchy, so that went in easily and parsed UNHINGED the same way as KVa, after squinting at it several times.

Then I could go back to 3 down, which had foxed me, and knowing that it probably rhymed with 11 down, I then I saw dressing room. I still have no idea how 10a is parsed - I can see the definition but have no idea how it's derived from "top spy"! The Crossword Solver is designed to help users to find the missing answers to their crossword puzzles.