This one took me longer than the last few Mephisto puzzles, and I think one of the things that made it so difficult us the 90-degree symmetry effecively dividing it up into four mini-puzzles, with … Read more “Mephisto 3015 – Paul McKenna”
Day: 16th June 2018
Times Cryptic No 27060 – Saturday, 09 June 2018. Beautiful one day, monsoon the next.
I am blogging this in beautiful Goa, India. A wonderful place, but since the monsoon arrived yesterday what else to do but crosswords? This was a challenging puzzle, but never impossible. My time was probably … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27060 – Saturday, 09 June 2018. Beautiful one day, monsoon the next.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1327
This was not your usual generous pachydermic fare, but contained some rather chewy bits. Curious vocabulary, such as BOLOMETER, DENARII, ETYMON, TEMPE, ORESTES and DESIDERATUM and some tricky wordplay/alternate definitions, such as PATERNOSTER, AGNES without … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1327”