Name Dropping An average Mephisto distinguished by a considerable smattering of famous people. I make it ten in total ranging from the famous pirate by association Israel Hands to the famous by association, Leo Blair. … Read more “Mephisto 2624 by Tim Moorey”
Month: December 2010
Saturday Times 24718b (11th Dec – online)
Solving time 12:50, considerably easier than the one in the paper, but still a pretty good puzzle. Across 1 TRIP – R(iver) inside TIP. 3 FORM LETTER – FORM (class) + LETTER (character) 10 IN-CROWD … Read more “Saturday Times 24718b (11th Dec – online)”
Saturday Times 24718a (11th Dec – paper)
Solving time 17:17 (one wrong, as it turned out). A double treat for us last Saturday (or a cock-up, depending on how you want to spin it). Two different crosswords were published: one in the … Read more “Saturday Times 24718a (11th Dec – paper)”
TLS 857 (26 Nov)
Well, for the first time this year I have to admit defeat in a TLS crossword. I still can’t get 10A or 28A, and, although I’ve got an answer to 17D, it has to be … Read more “TLS 857 (26 Nov)”
24723 – All answers confined to characters in the first 25…
Time taken to solve: 40 minutes. Most of this went in quite easily, especially the SW where I was solving faster than I could write (a rare experience for me) but I slowed towards the … Read more “24723 – All answers confined to characters in the first 25…”
Times 24722 – is he Angela’s husband?
Solving time : 28 minutes – doing the online one, which doesn’t seem to all fit on my screen and I can’t resize it, so I had to keep moving up and down to look … Read more “Times 24722 – is he Angela’s husband?”
Times 24721
Solving time: 48:50, but should have been much quicker. I spent probably half that time staring at 8/19 which wouldn’t come. It’s not my turn to blog, it’s Peter’s, but I believe he’s starting a … Read more “Times 24721”
Times 24,720 Deadwood’s Dora Dufran Rides Again
Solving time 25 minutes It could be my imagination but I sense an American flavour to this lively and entertaining puzzle. I guess there are some cute definitions that I rather liked. No real obscurities … Read more “Times 24,720 Deadwood’s Dora Dufran Rides Again”
Times 24719 – Tinker’s Belle?
Solving Time: 40 minutes There’s nothing like a week at a statistics conference to completely anaesthetise the few brain cells I possess which remain active, so maybe it’s just me, but this was by no … Read more “Times 24719 – Tinker’s Belle?”
ST 4410 (Sun 5 Dec) – Careless stork
Solving time: about 5 minutes (interrupted) Credit where it’s due: this was a good puzzle and I enjoyed it. Ought to have been a bit quicker: I should have been confident of 1ac (DIGITATE), was … Read more “ST 4410 (Sun 5 Dec) – Careless stork”