A tale of two halves, for me. The science bits and the more classic crossword-ese suited me fine, but there was some outstandingly devilish and original clueing going on as well.
Author: william_j_s
Times 29339 – labour we delight in?
I seemed to click with this one.
Times 29327
A treat for those who like their Friday puzzles solvable, and their blogs brief.
Times 29321 – a horse of that colour
A rollercoaster of crossword-solving emotions today.
Times 29315 – let me strut and fret
It is a great pleasure to introduce a puzzle of mid-difficulty for a change!
Times 29291 – beaten black and blue
Competition-level stuff. I hope you solved more of it than I did.
Times 29279 – torture, and not mercy
It was such a pity not to finish this fabulous puzzle correctly because I felt outsmarted from the start but chipped away and still fell short.
Times 29267 – and I would call it, fair play
I’d say this is the ‘perfect Friday crossword’ level.
Times 29255
I found most of this pretty hard.
Times 29243 – in this distracted globe
A charming and relatively straightforward end to a fairly easy week.