I did not find this too bad for the most part, and got pretty far in one session. The next morning, I polished off most of the rest except for one stubborn hold-out.
Day: 29th January 2023
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5043 by Dean Mayer — He blinded me with charm!
With this I had an experience unusual for a Dean puzzle, of seeing the answers fairly quickly but then spending much more time puzzling over the parsing of a few of the clues.