Japanese crossword «Flower»

The calculation of how hard a puzzle is should include a factor for trickiness because there are a bunch of 2 star puzzles that I have to go back and retry a billion times because I keep goofing up somewhere in the solving.

but this one was easy and nice

Agreed, ggg. The ratings are not entirely consistent.

The issue is that we are all gauging difficulty on different scales. For instance, if a puzzle cannot be solved without guessing or using hints, I immediately gauge it as at least above average, but I'm sure not everyone has the same rating. They need to have a list of criteria they'd like us to rate the difficulty by, to improve consistency.

Good

Good point, Femme.

Looks like Rafflesia