Great stuff, really tight and smooth clues. Not sure if you’re looking for feedback so feel free to ignore the following! A really fun solve, and clues were on the easy side (which is absolutely fine!) but you may want to consider more subversive definitions, e.g. “swimmer” for 5A or perhaps “one on high” for 9A. When I make small barred grids I also try to make sure each clue has at least one cell which isn’t checked by another clue, just to make sure the solver has to work out every clue to complete the puzzle, but that’s just preference. Other conventions are rotationally symmetrical grids and including word lengths in clues, but again that’s down to personal style a lot of the time.
Apologies for the unsolicited advice! Really enjoyed this and looking forward to seeing more from you!
angusg constructor · 2024-02-11T22:07:08.762Z
Thank you! No need to apologise, I really appreciate the feedback. I didn't specifically aim for easy clues (although I had a few people in mind who I wanted to give it a go), but I did want to make sure they were all as well-constructed as I could make them, without excess words, etc. Having said that, I don't have a feel for how to fairly make clues harder, so thanks for those suggestions. Symmetry and unchecked letters both seem like good things to try to incorporate into my next grid, I'll give that a shot.