Paul McKenna sent me an early version of this one to test solve, so I had a “week off” this week. I found it pretty straightforward and a fun solve, though it was a strange … Read more “Mephisto 2741 – Paul McKenna”
Month: March 2013
Times Jumbo 1024
Despite two answers I’d not met before (19ac, 36dn), I didn’t find this too difficult, with a solving time of 21 minutes split across two sessions. There were two George Eliot references (25ac, 55ac), but … Read more “Times Jumbo 1024”
Saturday Times 25418 (9th March)
Solving time 16:16, figuring-out-all-the-wordplay time much longer! This was a really good puzzle, not too tricky but a few answers went in without full understanding. The setter hit a purple patch in the Downs, with … Read more “Saturday Times 25418 (9th March)”
Times 25423
Solving time: 47:29 I started quickly enough getting 1a and then the long one down the middle straight away, but I slowed down quite a lot towards the end, getting held up for about 10 … Read more “Times 25423”
Times 25422 – pomp and…
Completely mea culpa – I was not able to get to this last night and forgot to put up a placeholder. Blog coming soon, really. Fortunately I don’t think there’ll be too much controversial here. … Read more “Times 25422 – pomp and…”
Times 25421: AS MAD ’S MONOD
Solving time: 18:40 Nothing special here except a possibly obscure board game — the one at 23dn that is. There’s a nod in the direction of instruments you blow into but, alas, not the strings … Read more “Times 25421: AS MAD ’S MONOD”
Times 25,420
13:03 on the Club timer, so nothing too demanding here by that measure. Solid, nicely put together puzzle, though; where clues needed more careful analysis, the wordplay seemed perfectly clear in leading the solver down … Read more “Times 25,420”
Times 25419 – O Mary Don’t You Weep
A win for the setter today. Having safely negotiated my way to Scandinavia, I sadly disappeared without a trace over the North Sea, if you get my … meaning. Those who have not yet done … Read more “Times 25419 – O Mary Don’t You Weep”
Sunday Times 4527 (3 Mar 2013) by Dean Mayer
I thought I might be under 30 minutes again, but there were three stubborn ones at the end that took a few extra minutes. 16, 25 & 26 were the culprits. Dean mentioned on his … Read more “Sunday Times 4527 (3 Mar 2013) by Dean Mayer”
Mephisto 2740 by Tim Moorey – Of Titters And Totters
A medium difficulty puzzle that was a pleasant, if slightly frenetic, solve and blog as I was unable to look at the puzzle until yesterday! Last weekend produced some interesting puzzles and amongst stiff competition … Read more “Mephisto 2740 by Tim Moorey – Of Titters And Totters”