Jonathon

Difficult for a non-North American today. Never heard of the ancestor, the staff member, the drink, the college and so on. Not a fan of the gimmickry in splitting the answers, but that's just personal preference. A nice challenge, despite the maddeningly insular answers to a lot of clues.

Not the normal sort of Monday puzzle. Don't tell someone from Angelsey they live in the SW of Britain!

Not a favourite puzzle this, especially on a Wednesday. I dislike a rebus anyway, but this felt quite shoehorned in. To each their own of course, but this was not an enjoyable Wednesday for me.

Gosh! Felt like a Sunday to me, lots of specific knowledge which I did not possess beforehand about two types of midwesterner, pacific islanders, aegean islanders, new englanders and old celts! Fun puzzle for a Friday!

I've never seen 26D written with a "g" and not a "j" - maybe that's my parochial British English coming through. Only one clue I didn't understand elsewhere, 37D. Can anyone shed any light?

For the love of all that is righteous and holy, and well-intentioned, the plural of a well-known Danish toy company's product is an invariant noun.

A lot of this appeared nonsense on the first go-round. Still no idea what "tap an ale" might mean. Thanks for the explainer for the maddening parts!

This was much more difficult than it needed to be. While I enjoy a challenging crossword, I also wish to have fun completing them. This required prerequisite knowledge I just don't possess. A shame for a sunday.

Tough for a Friday. Grid wasn't wanting to give anything up as a gimme, except 14A.