Author: Merlin

9:19 for me. As always with Oink: fine surfaces. Now I’ve been assigned a clue for the Christmas special I am discovering just how hard it is to make them sound smooth.

Nothing to scare the horses, 11:59 for me.

I think this is Peridot’s just third appearance. 14:01 for me. Yes, not all your bloggers are speedsters, according to the Quitch, this is my average time.

Joker provides us pleasing, tidy puzzle for us today, with a good variety of clue types, and with no NHOs.

I enjoyed this one, some really good clues, but still pretty tricky stuff.

Well-balanced puzzle from Teazel, I solved at a slightly slower time of 13:22

I found this pretty tough going again: rolled in at the 20 minute mark to unlock the doors of the SCC.

Good puzzle for fans of Double defs and Cryptic defs, but some bear traps. Pink Square for me, even after parsing them all.

16:11, I struggled with both the long down clues, which made the solve slower than it should have been.

Not so easy, 14:37. But no false DAWNs today.