Did this a week ago, but have only now gotten round to writing the blog – don’t remember there being anything contentious or overly difficult in this puzzle, but as I write this, I may … Read more “Mephisto 2,445 – Chris Feetenby”
Author: dhogg
Times 23,652 – 20ac looking at some of this!
A fairly challenging puzzle today, I thought. Some of the clues seemed to take longer than I’d have expected if I’d been on form and there are a couple I’m unsure about. Solving time – … Read more “Times 23,652 – 20ac looking at some of this!”
Times 23,646 – sorry for the delay
Apologies for the (very) late blog, but I can’t post from my workplace, and I normally send my blog to Peter and he kindly posts on my behalf. I forgot he was on holiday, and … Read more “Times 23,646 – sorry for the delay”
Mephisto 2443 – Mike Laws – who he?
Not terribly difficult by Mephisto standards, I solved most of this within 40 minutes without resorting to dictionaries. After Chambers was called on, the rest fell into place, although the wordplay has me beat on … Read more “Mephisto 2443 – Mike Laws – who he?”
23640 – Keep ireless
Despite some of the tricky clues, this wasn’t overly difficult – once I had some answers in, many of the others jumped out at me and it was a simple matter of checking that the … Read more “23640 – Keep ireless”
Direction required?
I got off to a great start today, but got stuck on the two long lights at 1ac and 1dn. Even after I had worked out 1ac, it still took me a while to see … Read more “Direction required?”
Mephisto 2,441 – Tim Moorey/ Help!!
I read somewhere that the most doodled word in the English language is HELP. My print-out of this puzzle has several masterpeices, all centred around that word! Since coming back from my holidays, I have … Read more “Mephisto 2,441 – Tim Moorey/ Help!!”
Times 23,628 – Better late than never?
My apologies for the lateness of this post – I couldn’t post while at work and then went to the cinema with my family. Despite a low start, I solved this one in less than … Read more “Times 23,628 – Better late than never?”
Times 23,622 – still getting over my holiday!
This puzzle should have taken a few minutes – it wasn’t particularly difficult, but I was still in holiday mood after returning last night from Vienna. Maybe it was a few days when German was … Read more “Times 23,622 – still getting over my holiday!”
Times 23,616 – one for the polymath
This felt more like a test of general knowledge than of wordmanship, but I didn’t find it terribly difficult. There were a couple of more obscure answers, but the wordplay was generally straightforward enough to … Read more “Times 23,616 – one for the polymath”