Author: Mike Harper

Some interesting clueing topped in my view by my LOI 15d which combined with 24a provided a lengthy coda of brow-furrowing brainache.

Five question marks and two clues where the answer is defined by the whole thing…

Medium-level QC challenge, but hopefully nothing too ungettable…

Thinking cap wedged on a little more firmly this time around.

A gentle romp through today’s grid with Orpheus as our guide…

I didn’t find today’s offering that straightforward and initially wondered whether I might be having an off day….

My first go at blogging Jalna – this is a nicely-balanced grid with an even mixture of clue-types.

First time I’ve blogged one of Joker’s offerings. Not too much here that is too tricky though I was mainly held up by the two thirteen-letter words and a hastily bunged-in 2d which required some backtracking.

It all began rather sedately with just three inked in on the first pass of the across clues, however a bumper crop of gentle down clues turned the tide…

This is my first time blogging one of Oink’s offerings. I wonder if some of you will have the same experience as I did….