Another excellent Friday offering with plenty of starters, several to chew on, a few bits to learn/dredge up from the recesses, and no real duds.
Author: william_j_s
Times 29003
Recent trends in the SNITCH filled with me fear that this would be the big beast we’ve all been waiting for, but it turned out to be more of a teddy bear. I enjoyed unravelling it at the seams.
Times 28997 – scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it
A bit of a mixed bag, in my opinion.
Times 28979
This was a belter – not for the faint-hearted, but I thoroughly enjoyed the pretty stiff challenge.
Times 28967 – happy victories
Slow to start (I think I had about 3 answers after 10 minutes), but managed to find a few more accessible clues hidden here and there.
Times 28955 – bending his (cros)sword, left me enrag’d
Very hard, in my book.
Times 28943
Quite accessible, continuing the run of off-and-on Friday puzzles, according to the SNITCH.
Times 28931 – the lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Disappointed to find a pink square after my efforts to get this difficult but entertaining puzzle solved.
Times 28919 – a noble earl and many a creature else
No pushover
Times 28907
An entertaining and fairly gentle puzzle.