Araucaria may not be losing it, but I probably am. I got about half the answers to Saturday's puzzle within a couple of hours but then suffered complete brain-fade; the paper still sits accusingly on my kitchen table waiting for me to finish it.

For variety, I sometimes try the Azed. There was a TV program only a few days ago on how to solve cryptic crosswords. I learned only then that the name derived from the Spanish Inquisitor Diego de Deza