Author: Guy du Sable

At first, I stared blankly at this for some time. I didn’t much mind, as it augured an interesting outing (as this proved to be). Finished in one go after all, refreshed and with no complaints.

Chewy, but all quite tasty. Dig in!

Working this was a sheer delight, with moments of sudden surprise.

Probably my quickest Dean ever. I parsed a few only after putting in the answers. Again, the clues are remarkably succinct.

My journey through this was uninterrupted and relatively quick, though I did stop briefly in quite pleasurable puzzlement at several crossroads along the way.

Did this one make me stop and think? Definitely. Yet, once solved, it’s remarkable how simple and straightforward (or at least straight-backward) the cluing is.

Enjoyed this a lot—several things that are right up my alley, comme on dit. And the answer that took me the most time to parse is all of three letters long. Love it when that happens!

Brilliant stuff, as always. For some reason, I had a hard time getting started, and then my progress was slow. All very satisfying in the end.

Most of this, by far, was very zingy, and more than one clue was spiced with an allusion to… country matters.

This was just delightful, a tasty dish that I virtually inhaled.