And we’re back to my normal sort of solving time, 33 minutes for this one. Steady and mostly enjoyable challenge; I concluded that this solver a) likes their cryptic definitions, and b) would have been … Read more “Times Jumbo 1102”
Day: 10th August 2014
Mephisto 2814 by Don Manley
Average to easy puzzle which posed no major problems. Across 1 MUGWUMP – MUG-W-UMP; weak=w (particle physics); umpire=UMP; The jocular word MUGWUMP is from Algonquian (Natick) “mugquomp”,meaning “important person”;The Mugwumps were Republicans who defected to … Read more “Mephisto 2814 by Don Manley”