Perfectly good clues and gimmick but the inspiration for this (as described in Wiki) was so utterly depressing that we abandoned the grid stare in limine.
A brilliant and beautiful composition with many elegant clues, particularly the ones with wordplay only. Also containing a massive amount of thematic material.
An early PDM gave us some impetus as did the large amount of thematic material.
A interesting piece of history in the final instruction.
Thanks, Artix....
Well that was a bit of a struggle but it all worked out in the end. A beautiful construction and how agreeable to have a puzzle that when you have entered all the answers you have finished. Thanks,...