Solving time: 25 mins I found this one really tough, struggling with the NE corner in particular, although other words seemed to take their time finding their way from my brain to my hand. A … Read more “23,556 – Sturm und Drang”
Author: dhogg
23,550 – Battling with action stations
Morning, all. I’m your new regular Friday blogger, and, although I don’t ever hope to fill the shoes of my illustrious predecessor, I hope that we’ll get along. Today’s puzzle wasn’t as difficult as some … Read more “23,550 – Battling with action stations”
Mephisto 2423/Tim Moorey – Solved like an amateur!!
Last weekend, my efforts at solving were really poor. I didn’t complete the Times, took ages over the Indie, and let’s not even go there with Inquisitor, which I have to blog later this week. … Read more “Mephisto 2423/Tim Moorey – Solved like an amateur!!”
Mephisto 2421 – Chris Feetenby
Good mix of clues, clean surfaces, slightly easier than I might have expected, what more can I say? Solving time – 20-25 minutes ACROSS 5 A-BR(E)ACT – the “modified” in the clue had me of … Read more “Mephisto 2421 – Chris Feetenby”
Mephisto 2418/Mike Laws
As has been stated before, Mephisto is an excellent bridge between the more difficult daily puzzles and the barred weekend puzzles such as the Listener. The clues in this one were not particularly difficult, and … Read more “Mephisto 2418/Mike Laws”
Mephisto 2414/Tim Moorey – My first Mephisto in a while
Solving time – 25 mins This is my first post in this blog, and I think I struck it lucky. This was a fairly straightforwardMephisto for which I had a slight advantage – a couple … Read more “Mephisto 2414/Tim Moorey – My first Mephisto in a while”