Back to average standard after last week’s puzzle. Old hands will have had an advantage because we know all the common abbreviations such as ‘ll=will – and there seemed to be a lot of them … Read more “Mephisto 2561 by Tim Moorey”
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Mephisto 2560 Mike Laws
A short while ago we had a brief discussion about whether Mephisto is being dumbed down. If we had seen this puzzle at that time we might have reached a different conclusion. This is indeed … Read more “Mephisto 2560 Mike Laws”
Times 24,337 A Stroll in Hyde Park
Solving time : 15 minutes Whilst this is easy it is also entertaining with a smattering of good surfaces and some good clues. There is only one slight obscurity, a mammal from the animal kingdom. … Read more “Times 24,337 A Stroll in Hyde Park”
Times 24325 Trivial Pursuits
Solving time : 25 minutes A puzzle of mid-range difficulty containing a wide range of topics. The football team will hamper overseas solvers (and perhaps some locals as well). There is the customary collection of … Read more “Times 24325 Trivial Pursuits”
Mephisto 2557 by Tim Moorey
The first thing I noticed about this puzzle is the 13×11 grid rather than the 12×12 we are used to. During the week we learned that there are new grids for the Times daily so … Read more “Mephisto 2557 by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2556 Paul McKenna
A couple of weeks ago an anonymous blogger asked if we thought Mephisto was being dumbed down. We said we didn’t think so but to try to get a feel for the situation I timed … Read more “Mephisto 2556 Paul McKenna”
Times 24313 Arty Crafties 8 Scientists 0
Solving time : 25 minutes An enjoyable puzzle stuffed full of authors, poets, artists, old coins, ancient Rome, Greek literature, and so on. It contains what may be the longest homophone in history (of an … Read more “Times 24313 Arty Crafties 8 Scientists 0”
Times 24301 Oban Viaduct
Solving time : about 12 minutes A very easy and rather corny puzzle with little to commend it. Across 1 PALL,MALL – PA’LL + MA’LL; famous Westminster street home to gentlemen’s clubs as well as … Read more “Times 24301 Oban Viaduct”
Mephisto 2553 Paul McKenna
I found this relatively easy. For the second week running I wrote 1A straight in and followed it immediately with 6A and 1D. With both 3D and 16A easy to solve the top half was … Read more “Mephisto 2553 Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2552 Tim Moorey
Overall, a slightly harder than usual puzzle that was always fair (if you turn a blind eye to the padding at 34A) and maintained interest. When writing the blog more than doing the puzzle I … Read more “Mephisto 2552 Tim Moorey”