Author: Guy du Sable

Didn’t have to bend over backwards, exactly, to work this, but it did put me through my paces.

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.

Bob always satisfies, and leaves me with nothing to quibble about. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!

A sparkling seasonal offering. Happy New Year!

This puzzle took me a while. I had to put it aside and return to it repeatedly. It’s probably, objectively, none too easy, but I also had a lot on my mind. Great fun to go back over these finely crafted clues.

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel!

This was very engrossing and took me an enjoyably long while. Or two.

A very entertaining and somewhat educational exercise.

The usual bravura performance from Bob—what else can I say?

I can’t tell whether this (mostly) very fine puzzle is really much harder than it seemed at first or if my state of distraction on the eve of a suddenly necessary trip to Philadelphia was to blame for my delayed finish.