Japanese crossword «Sage»

I was not expecting the outcome. Very beautiful!

That was very tough! Well designed - not the most beautiful, but these tough ones are about the journey more than the result

Quite a challenge ! Thank you :))

Lovely, and a definite challenge

Tough to find a start

The result is worth the effort

Start at bottom. ;-)

Wow! I'm exhausted! :) I ended up having to use a hint to get unstuck. :(

This is a good one, challenging and fun. Thanks very much, I enjoyed it.

Difficult!

Too difficult for me to solve without guessing

Very difficult but beautiful

It was hard, but so worthy! Thank you for the great challenge and beautiful picture!

Ah, pride goeth before a fall...I really thought I could handle any puzzle at this point, but wow, I had to use hints! Whew!!! Nice. Thanks for the mental stretch!

Bit of guesswork required!! Very nice.

One of the toughest I've ever done.
Took me several hours to complete. A good workout. Nice!

It's lovely, thank you

Very difficult, very challenging. I enjoyed it, thank you!

4h:57min without hints
Great puzzle.

Very pretty, not easy.

2h 25m and 2 hints to get it done - but worth it in the end

As of today, the average time to solve is 17 minutes. That confirms my suspicion that the average times shown are not to be trusted.