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”
Author: dorsetjimbo
Times 25,414 From A Riot To An Irreversible Process
Solving time 20 minutes Very straightforward puzzle that shouldn’t cause any problems. Across 1 MERTHYR,TYDFIL – (thirty fled army without “a”)*; M-T is a Welsh town famous for the 1831 uprising of iron workers that … Read more “Times 25,414 From A Riot To An Irreversible Process”
Mephisto 2738 by Paul McKenna
I found this a little harder than of late. This is the first puzzle for some time that I failed to solve from top to bottom. I ended up solving from the bottom upwards, which … Read more “Mephisto 2738 by Paul McKenna”
Times 25,402 Jim Whitman Meets Francis Drake
Solving time 20 minutes Nothing too difficult here but a range of GK required. I’m not sure for example quite how well known either the countertenor or the castaway are let alone the Norse tree. … Read more “Times 25,402 Jim Whitman Meets Francis Drake”
Mephisto 2736 by Don Manley
A straightforward puzzle Across 1 MUCOR – MUC(k)-OR; 5 APOCOPE – A-PO(CO)PE; CO=Conscientous Objector; 11 ALABAMAN – A-LAB-A-MAN; 12 NESS – (anything) + NESs = a quality eg softness; 13 PELLUCID – P(ELL)U(t)-CID; 14 GOUTTE … Read more “Mephisto 2736 by Don Manley”
Times 25,390 – A Potpourri
Solving time 25 minutes On a day that sees a Government publish a radical bill for which it has absolutely no mandate after a leading MP admits trying to pevert the course of justice,a very … Read more “Times 25,390 – A Potpourri”
Mephisto 2734 by Tim Moorey – Dit Dah Dit
I enjoyed this puzzle which I thought a reasonable and fair test. Whilst solving I thought it was going to be a pangram – but I can’t find a “v”. I have a problem parsing … Read more “Mephisto 2734 by Tim Moorey – Dit Dah Dit”
Times 25,378 – One For The Gentry
Solving time 20 minutes This is not a difficult puzzle but it has a distinct flavour Across 1 FOOTSLOG – FOOTS-L-(GO reversed); ambulate the estate in the mud; 9 OMISSION – O-MISS-I-ON; “on about”=”yatter” in … Read more “Times 25,378 – One For The Gentry”
Mephisto 2732 by Paul McKenna – Easy-osy
I just don’t know what to say about this puzzle. I was reading clues and writing in answers and that just shouldn’t happen with a Mephisto. I never once referred to Chambers and solved it … Read more “Mephisto 2732 by Paul McKenna – Easy-osy”
Times 25,366 The Anniversary Waltz
Solving time 20 minutes As you now know 2013 sees the centenary of the invention of the crossword in 1913 so I thought we might highlight one or two less important events in that monumental … Read more “Times 25,366 The Anniversary Waltz”