Buzzed along for a while then came to a juddering halt. Impressive construction in the resolution of the clashes, with quite a lot of working backward from letter mixtures to clue answer. The 9...
I’m surprised that there does not seem to be a thread here yet for this pleasingly difficult puzzle. I always enjoy this sort of entry method. Some of the thematic elements seemed a little forced...
Wot, no thread? Another new compiler for me. On the easy side and overall I’d have preferred more from the endgame. But a Scottish Dance mention for St Andrew’s night....
Well, tough again. A couple of times I was stuck for a way forward only to find that a clue only leads to a fraction of the legitimate answers expected and a nice interplay of clues and deductions on...
Am I really first, or is the search playing up again? Fairly gentle from Ferret (for once), but only after solving one of the long Across clues. The displacements are disconcerting and a couple are...
