I would guess that anybody getting the 1s, 4ac, and 23dn immediately, then relying on checkers to speed things along as I did, will have found this on the gentler side.
Author: william_j_s
Times 28739 – hath the brightest day a cloud
An early SNITCH rating of 93.
Times 28727 – this son of York is not 23dn
Good fun.
Times 28715 – of what setters do, we will 2dn
A clever and enjoyable puzzle – and chewy enough.
Times 28703 – I’ll grieve to hear what torments you endured
I’ll make a pre-SNITCH guess of about 130, or pretty hard.
Times 28691 – get thee gone
I found this a slog – not really awake enough to appreciate the artful clueing.
Times 28679 – my lard, I did intend it
A mixed bag of clues, continuing the generally easier-than-average theme of the week.
Times 28667 – now fair Hippo
A gently challenging puzzle – no gimmie, but nothing outrageous.
Times 28655 – swift as quicksilver
Rattled through this one.
Times 28643 – oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises
Fairly middle-of-the-road, I think, but that might be due to my anti-climactic solve.