Hello all. Orpheus is back just a couple of puzzles after his last. That one was my fastest of the year so far, while today I was just relieved not to be reporting my first DNF of 2023! I had my fingers crossed that 12a meant what it needed to mean, but the gods were smiling and my faith in wordplay was rewarded. Lots of nice touches here, I thought – but what did you think?
Day: 20th February 2023
Times 28531 – Nearly the Pines of Rome
This was mostly a Monday puzzle, but towards the end I ran into a little difficulty in the SW area. As it turned out, there was some UK-specific knowledge that I either had to recall, or did not know at all.