These are cover images from my three most “Liked” puzzles. I’m grateful for this creative outlet, including the fact that our public puzzles often have personal or unarticulated backstories behind them. The fourth picture was an impossibility; grateful there as well. 🧩

Thank you to those who provided feedback.

Lily Savage is one flashing mannish leg (10) Believer in India cutting through nonsense (6) Rated “Gentle” in the Guardian QC style — thank you 😊

Enjoyed that, thanks, including 20d 25a and plenty others

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I will enjoy reading "is" clues with more wonder in my voice now. Believe it or not, this WP *IS* this DEF! 👏

Used in the following way, "defined" would be an example of an adjective link word... i.e., a participle, modifying "magnificence" (grammar A, surface-wise) --> Elaborate Arden rug: magnificence defined (8) But does this clue work cryptogrammatically? (grammar B, cryptic)

I am wrong! There are adverbial links. e.g., Do instructional WP "to get" Def In this case, "to get" is an adverbial infinitive answering a "Why?" question [Is there nothing better to do on a late Saturday afternoon?]

as links, adverbs are redundant

a quick inventory suggests: only verbs, prepositions, and conjunctions can be links Though I've likely overlooked some (obvious?) exceptions

: ) "quintessentially"? 😀

Put away the yellow cards... "essentially" as a <--> link word?

Thank you. I'm often wondering about cryptic grammar mechanics of specific clues and don't want to pester the same experts repeatedly. Perhaps a clue-mechanics thread could be opened up (though I can see some down sides there as well, e.g., excessive 'clue-testing'). Potential good convos though.

I tend not to feel competitive when solving, so looking things up doesn't bother me - I'm usually satisfied to say 'I see how it works and likely have the parse but not the specifics.' If I were more of a completionist though, the UK divide would probably be more frustrating. Currently, I enjoy it.

The overhead cameras are exactly what was missing last year 👍

Now watching

It’s a test!

40 4-worders with no exceptions is quite the accomplishment! Looking forward to having a go this weekend.

One-a-week Pentman FTW