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Jigjag

I seem to have picked the right week to be too busy to do the Times puzzles! Maybe it'll be SA today, or something involving Deb, socialite... or perhaps a dodgy (to me ) homophone.

Malone

I expect you would also be irritated by SLOANE. Don't know if The Times has ever used it, but it's ripe for clueing with your name. 😁

Malone

No SA but a nice cricket one

Malone

You were right about more dodgy homophones this week. Times 27796.
10ac Bad joints reported by those writing regularly (8)
D - - R- - -S

5d Heard in dispute: what calls for blessing? (7)
A - - - H - O

For the latter, after repeating the solution, I think we add 'We all fall down (in despair)'.

Paul...

For the sake of my sanity, I'm trying to ignore - pointedly - many of these 'sounds like' clues. It's sad to say, but I'm definitely now a homophonophobic.

Paul, Malone

Yes they were dreadful clues, but at least there was plenty of cricket today

Jigjag

'At least there was plenty of cricket today' isn't quite how I would phrase it!

Today's disliked (by me) clue...

Spaniard maybe in East London semi, soon to move (7).

Malone

I thought it was dubious too. I thought of " 'arf " as spoken rather than written, as a Cockney would write "half".

Malone Paul

Not happy with the Times today. I think 11A is a poor clue, and I thought a "winning" position was one from which one should win, rather already won.

Jigjag, I've just noticed your earlier reply, about the Arf/Alf clue. It's a pretty poor clue, the more I look at it, the less I like it!

I haven't looked at today's Times puzzle. I'm off to do that now.