Sheguiandah 17th Annual Traditional Powwow

RB: In answer to your qesotiun, as noted above, three die-hards stuck at it long enough to outstay our welcome and finish the crossword; it seemed the right way to honour the day. But the nature of the event means that assessment of difficulty is problematic. I first worked on it with my daughter Kate, and hence made more progress than I would have on my own (two heads ). When it was down to the last three solvers, we pooled answers with some relevant hinting, and then had about 11 to go, in the north. It didn’t take too long to workshop these (three heads ). However, I think it was a difficult DA. If I had had to do it entirely on my own, working on it in short sessions (the usual situation) I might not have finished it yet