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I think placing the anagram indicator between two elements of fodder can be quite interesting, though it requires a little extra thought process from the solver.

So, “A up with B” where A and B are fodder and the indicator is “up” is fine I think and more perhaps interesting than “A B up”.

This might apply especially if there is another anagram in the puzzle that follows the same structure. Something most setters would try to avoid.

Thanks jono.

Got that.

What I found weird was that I bought an 18d a couple of week's ago and thought AI was predicting my purchasing.

Could not agree more with cynicalmonkey's post.

For me much of the pleasure seems to have gone as some of the clues have become more obscure.

Can't see how 16d works as a spoonerism at all and where is the Everyman in 14a?

And could anyone help me with a hint for 21a ?

For the Spoonerism think horse-riding.
Everyman ultimately yields a single letter.
21a parses 3 (plonk) inside 3,2,1. Defn is sold.

I've never liked 'up' as an anagram indicator -- or maybe I just can't think of when it's used in normal speech to mean scrambled. But to be fair that's not an Everyman issue but something most setters use.

Alan Connor no longer sets Everyman. Since 4108 it's been someone called Colin Thomas (source: article in last week's Observer).

(Hello, long time lurker, created account to ask a question.)

I can't see a rhyming pair this week. I have either gone very wrong, or it is a very strained rhyme!

Can anyone tell me which two clues they think are the rhyming pair? Or confirm there isn't one?

8 and 22 sort of rhyme

The pairing this week is two solutions with antonym prefixes. Everyman does this from time to time as an alternative to a rhyming pair.

Thanks jono.

I don't remember seeing that before, but it makes sense. Perhaps I do have it all correct after all!