Nik

The comments surprised me, didn't realise people had found today tricky - I'm realising that my current comfort is almost entirely a result of learning from past struggles over the years, recognising a lot of the fill. I definitely picked up NETIPOTS from earlier in this year itself! But even so, loved the cluing and fill of this Monday in particular, would've been a PB if I hadn't made a typo somewhere and couldn't find it for a minute! This blog has been so excellent though - I'd love to recommend that everyone try the puzzles from later in the week too with a little nudge from the blog! Everything becomes easier after more and more puzzles, and there's so many fun grids :)

Sped through most of it quick and it was good fun, but I had to look up CUKE/CAMEO, felt a bit of a strange crossing

I rarely comment but I must say this was one of the most satisfying Saturdays in a long time! I used to solve daily in the past but recently had been a bit lazy with the end of the week puzzles, but this one flowed so well that it had my attention the entire time! I was also similarly stuck with the left fully solved and a blank right side for quite a while, but the satisfaction of each clue filling into the next clue, almost brick by brick, I have to say was extremely satisfying - great fill, great clues, so nicely structured, the perfect level of challenge and reward.