Author: william_j_s

Eventually got into it and, I’m please to report, appreciated every minute.

Slim pickings on the left hand side, but quite quickly broke into the right and finished back where I started in the NW. As usual when I achieve a time I’m happy with, I had several lucky flashes of inspiration (okay, biffs) that then had to be reverse engineered. 

A bit of a tester, I think.

Looking back, I think I made a meal of it; most of the clues are pretty straightforward.

A cracking puzzle.

About as straightforward as Fridays come.

Plenty to chew over after the fact, since a few (especially downs) went in on checkers and without fully understanding the wordplay. By no means an all-weekender, nevertheless.

Some tricky bits, but all in all a fair Friday fight.

A tough but very witty and enjoyable puzzle, which I struggled with due to some deviousness (setter) and ignorance (solver).

A gentle end to a gentle week.