I’d never heard of “Rose Madder”, but it had to be that.
A pleasant puzzle …
Bellwether
All but one, « cross-hatch »!
A gentle start to the week
Satisfying
Satisfying
Rosary
Another well-pitched puzzle
Another pleasing puzzle
Very pleasant!
Very pleasing, apart from « captcha », at which I stared gormlessly for some time.
Very enjoyable
A very pleasing puzzle, unlike Wednesday’s
Second wind!
Perfectly pitched, after some nerdy ones this week.
Equator!
Somehow everything slotted into place and made sense.
Enjoyable
… though, bizarrely, “fries” took a while at the end! LJ
Enjoyable
I enjoyed this one!
Quite satisfying
Detonate art …
Fulfilling. I had to dig deep to complete this one.
One or two challenging clues, but a pleasant puzzle.
Pervasive asset!
Quite satisfying!
A pleasant puzzle
Enjoyable!
Monday
This took longer than it generally should on a Monday. LJ
One decidedly slow moment; otherwise fine.
Smoothly completed
Swiftly completed, unlike Saturday’s!
Satisfying
Testing, therefore satisfying!
A pleasure to complete
There were a few sneaky wordplays in this one. LJ
(“Nail file”, of course, not “nail bite”, as I hastily entered.)
A good challenge!
It took me longer than it should have done to get Peggotty, but it dawned on me in the end! LJ
Very enjoyable. I felt on good form!
A pleasant challenge!
Very pleasant and swiftly completed!
Pleasant enough, but I wasn’t at my sharpest initially.
Very enjoyable!
I couldn’t get charioteer initially, but having left it for a while, I found it came to me once on my picking the paper up again, a not uncommon phenomenon. LJ
Very enjoyable!
I couldn’t get charioteer initially, but having left it for a while, I found it came to me immediately on my picking the paper up again. LJ
One or two silly clues, but mostly enjoyable.
Pomade again!
A pleasant puzzle
Fairly straightforward, but satisfying all the same.
A decent challenge!
Spare tyre!!
Worth persevering with …
Hot dog! Quite pleasing.
Lyndon @ Adonis Blue 
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