I found the left hand side of this an absolute beast! I got kind of caught, being out of town for a while I was only doing the online puzzles and missed that it was … Read more “Mephisto 2555 – Tim Moorey”
Month: August 2009
Saturday Times 24305 (15th Aug) – placeholder
I won’t be able to post until this evening, but feel free to comment.
Times Crossword 24310
Solving time: 11.48 This puzzle seemed to have a very high proportion of proper nouns among the answers. I hesitated for a quite a while at the end before writing in 5A and 5D, because … Read more “Times Crossword 24310”
Times 24309 – surface tension
I’m filling in for Richard today, but I have just gotten access to the puzzle, so going to work on it now, and will blog soon if I can get it in one shot, or … Read more “Times 24309 – surface tension”
Times 24308
Solving time: 9:55 This was a mildly tricky puzzle. I’ll be interested to see how overseas solvers get on with the Test ground at 15D. I liked the various outrageous stuff – VEEP, VATABLE and … Read more “Times 24308”
Book bargain – Collins English Dictionary
(or maybe NOT such a bargain – see the text added at the end) Folk based in the UK might find a trip to W H Smiths worth their while – they’ve got the current … Read more “Book bargain – Collins English Dictionary”
Times 24,307
18 minutes today, so for the second consecutive blog, this wasn’t necessarily the most difficult puzzle, but was again one of the more inventive efforts of recent times. At the risk of re-opening the debate … Read more “Times 24,307”
Times 24,306 – Having a Guinness in County Down
dd = double definitioncd = cryptic definitionrev = reversed or reversalins = insertioncha = charadeha = hidden answer*(fodder) = anagram A lovely puzzle of normal degree of difficulty with plenty of clever word-play and I … Read more “Times 24,306 – Having a Guinness in County Down”
Mephisto 2554 – Mike Laws
A pretty easy Mephisto, taking me about 35 minutes, but with an added bit of fun – the COUNTDOWN answer to 1A is an introduction to the theme – all the numbers from ten down … Read more “Mephisto 2554 – Mike Laws”
ST 4341 (Sun 9 Aug) – Amber grease
Solving time: 7:18 One or two strange cryptic definitions here (13ac, 11dn) but some good clues as well, 9ac (MOON SHOT), 15ac (ATHLETE’S FOOT) and 14dn (FLORIST) among them. I nearly slipped up on the … Read more “ST 4341 (Sun 9 Aug) – Amber grease”