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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. Down clues were `normal’, which helped a lot in providing checked lights to help in solving the trickier across clues. This entry was posted on January 28, 2019 at 11:42 am and is filed under Crosswords with tags Colin Gumbrell, Crossword, D.

Re DRESSING ROOM, I was under the impression that the “board” half of “bed and board” referred to the meals, not the room. 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.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. Just a short flight from the UK and well-located for exploring Ireland's famous green hills, Cork remains a hugely popular short-haul destination among British holidaymakers.

Where I take issue with Everyman is in his use of question marks: he doesn’t always use them when he should, and he sometimes uses them pointlessly. I couldn’t work out the link to 2D for ERNE – it had to be that from the crossers and definition…so thanks for the explanation(s) above. Everyman 4029 23a Bizarrely, some cheer tabloid (a number) (4,5,3,3) I thought it might be an anagram but perhaps not. Spine lightly rubbed at ends and edges, small black mark to front (possibly ink); pages lightly tanned, binding sound. I have been entering this competition for almost 20 years with decidedly modest success, though I did reach the dizzy heights of 15th place in 2010/11.Well after yesterday's mauling by Kite (DNF) I was ready for a more gentle offering from Everyman but it took a good hour to finally complete.

com is not affiliated with SCRABBLE®, Mattel®, Spear®, Hasbro®, Zynga® with Friends, "Wordle" by NYTimes in any way.My moan at 6dn about the fact that it’s a CD is a voice crying in the wilderness: lots of people, including some good setters, like them. I do not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with the opinions or statements of any information or other content in the comments on this site and do not in any way guarantee their accuracy or reliability. I’m not sure if this one was trickier or just more lateral thinking required – either way a fun time was had by me. Maybe they deliberately want to put up little barriers to entry, just high enough to keep the submission pool small and mostly local.

That took a lot of brain power, very few clues were straightforward for me, but ultimately made finishing even more enjoyable. I stopped for a while when I was at Sussex, as I switched to the Independent whose prize crossword yielded a steady stream of dictionaries. 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. Incidentally, Colin Gumbrell also sets the Antico puzzle in The Oldie, a very enjoyable thematic puzzle that I do every month. Like flashling, I’m not thrilled by the imprecise use of “hearts” in 4dn — I would expect that to mean the centermost parts of the words, leading to UNHIG.

e. standard cryptic puzzles) have been attempted, though almost all have at least one word blank; 5 of the 'Ximenes' puzzles are completely blank, the remainder being solved in varying degrees (but none completely); the previous owner clearly did not stoop to looking at the solution pages! I send my very best wishes to Colin Gumbrell at this time, as I’m sure do crossword enthusiasts everywhere. I resumed in 2017 but have found it difficult to get back into the swing of writing clues (at which I’ve never really been very good anyway). It seems like this must be one of those things that shows up repeatedly in cryptics, but if so I’ve never seen it (or, just as likely, have seen it and forgotten). In 22d, I took BRAS to be most of brass rather than brash, since a noun meaning “cheek” was required.