Author: Guy du Sable

This was harder than the last two that I’ve blogged. The clues are as usual quite succinct and very often deceptive by the most subtle kinds of misdirection.

A bag of assorted holiday candy that arrived a few days early.

I can’t remember having ever worked a puzzle by Harry so quickly. Maybe I just hit the clues in the order right for me, because, on review, I note that there were plenty of tricky moves here.

Several of these kept me guessing a while. There were three unknowns, from the worlds of sports, entomology and botany.

I don’t remember having much trouble with this one, once I finally got started. It is, at least, all clear on looking back.

Although this was a Harry Sunday, I didn’t struggle much, assisted no doubt by the generous helping of anagrams (seven!).

…but overall rather straightforward, I thought, a quicker than usual trip from Dean.

Some tasty stuff served up here, and it all went down fairly easy.

I had an issue or two with this one, but nothing that impaired my considerable enjoyment.

I think I passed! A few definitions—as parts of clues and for an entire answer—really had me stretching.