Today's puzzle might not have been tough enough for Forum members to need help, but it was tough enough to be very enjoyable! I thought it was a well-crafted puzzle, with some good clues and some well-hidden 'sequences'. I hope others enjoyed it.
The most enjoyable, for me, for quite some time.
I always rate a puzzle by how elegant it is, rather than how hard.
I think this one was flawless at every level - including having me searching for John Brown's body for a little while.
Ginge and Nelson - great to hear that you both enjoyed the puzzle. Nelson, that's a good point about the elegance in puzzles, that's sometimes overlooked. I'd enjoyed the solving very much and was delighted with my filled grid - only then did I remember the final, extra bit. Fortunately that wasn't too tricky and I got the highlighting done pretty quickly.
Daven, my Latin is very rusty, but a quick Google seemed to confirm the 'agamus'.
It doesn't matter how quickly you solve a puzzle if you're enjoying doing it! I like getting through things quite quickly, but that's my temperament rather than any degree of skill.
Brendan, it's not the Independent now - the Inquisitor is in the 'i'. I get the paper version on a Saturday morning, but I think subscribers can get it online on Friday nights (as the Times/Listener subscribers can do). I think subscribing is the only way to get an online version - I don't know about the interactive aspect.