I found this a bit more difficult than most Mephistos, with about half going in (mostly on the right hand side) before diving to the dictionaries. There’s one I’m still iffy on the wordplay for … Read more “Mephisto 2743 – Tim Moorey”
Month: March 2013
Sunday Times 4530 (24 Mar 2013) by Dean Mayer
Solving time: I did this on paper amid interruptions, so it’s hard to give any kind of accurate time. I’d reckon about 40-45 minutes at a guess. It’s an excellent crossword, a typical example from … Read more “Sunday Times 4530 (24 Mar 2013) by Dean Mayer”
Saturday Times 25430 (23rd March)
Fairly straightforward, most of it – I had it all finished except for 18ac in about 16 minutes, then took another 10 to get that one. No idea why I went blank for that, it … Read more “Saturday Times 25430 (23rd March)”
Jumbo 1026 – Testing..testing..1..2..3… Potemkin Chippewa and the Uveal Cryonics
This seemed to be a good puzzle, mostly due to some cleverly hidden definitions and well constructed word plays. There were also very few soundalikes, which can be controversial, and no difficult vocabulary that wasnt … Read more “Jumbo 1026 – Testing..testing..1..2..3… Potemkin Chippewa and the Uveal Cryonics”
Club Monthly 20150 March 2013 – Science Edition
Solving Time: I found this hard and it took me something like 1 1/2 hours, off and on over a few days. However the last half came in something of a rush so maybe it … Read more “Club Monthly 20150 March 2013 – Science Edition”
Times 25435
Solving time: 1:10:48 As you can tell from my time, I found this an enormous struggle from start to finish. There was a lot of fiendish wordplay, quite a few unusual words, and some very … Read more “Times 25435”
Times 25434 – Allsop?
Solving time : 8 minutes 41 seconds, which still put me at second on the leaderboard as I type, so this was on the easier side of things. There’s quite a few gentle double definitions, … Read more “Times 25434 – Allsop?”
Times 25433: What? No bra?
Solving time: 28:45 Not at all at my best this morning, perhaps as a result of Australia’s miserable showing against Oman in Sydney yesterday or perhaps from the drop in interest rates on my super. … Read more “Times 25433: What? No bra?”
Times 25432
14:14 on the Club timer, so somewhere in the middle of the difficulty scale, and pleasantly constructed without being too obscure in any regard. Meanwhile, all I asked of England this evening was that they … Read more “Times 25432”
Times 25431 – O Tempora O Mondays
Just 25 minutes, so pretty straightforward, with just a stinglet in the Yunnan corner. Not that I’m complaining… Across 1 A+R+GO – might have been used by 4dn if Jason was feeling generous.3 SPEARHEADS – … Read more “Times 25431 – O Tempora O Mondays”