Author: Guy du Sable

Sheer genius, with a wide variety of succinct, initially baffling clues.

Bravo, maestro!

This seemed quite fresh, with a couple bits of unusual vocabulary—one of which I was pleased to know already…

Another elegant, delightfully devious creation by our fellow Times for The Times regular.

This was a rocking good time, posing no problems but prompting some thought, with the added spice of an apparent theme.

Quite enjoyable, with no serious problems, and I particularly liked the smooth meld of anagrist with creative anagrinds.

This was a romp! By which I do not mean it was terribly easy—where’s the fun in that?

Hmm. There’s nothing complicated about these clues, which I am looking back on nearly a week after my… leisurely solving experience, as I ask myself, What took so long?

Clues succinct and densely packed, somewhat like koans, hard to crack.

This was great fun, albeit fairly easy. We are given a nice variety of clue types.