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Mephisto 3329 – Take a bow Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 23rd June 2024 at 1:14 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans. Since I blog the odd-numbered Mephisto puzzles I rarely get first response on a special puzzle, but in this case I have the pleasure of writing up the 500th and final Tim … Read more “Mephisto 3329 – Take a bow Tim Moorey”

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Times 28948 – international learning

Author   glhPosted on 20th June 2024 at 2:04 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 13:43. Looks like we have another Tricky Thursday puzzle on our hands!

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Mephisto 3327 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 9th June 2024 at 1:46 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Times 28396 – size matters?

Author   glhPosted on 6th June 2024 at 12:53 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 14:02. Though I was initially taken aback by the size of the grid, which appeared much larger on my screen than I am used to. Not sure if there was a site update … Read more “Times 28396 – size matters?”

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Mephisto 3325 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 26th May 2024 at 12:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Times 28924 – in which we scramble for an excuse

Author   glhPosted on 23rd May 2024 at 1:53 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 19:43, and once I limped to the finish there was one horrible typo.

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Mephisto 3323 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 12th May 2024 at 12:18 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Times 28912 – that’s numberwang

Author   glhPosted on 9th May 2024 at 2:51 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 13:56. Tricky one today!

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Mephisto 3321 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 28th April 2024 at 6:09 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this one – Tim Moorey always offers up precise and inventive wordplay and there is a lot of it to enjoy here. A reminder that in Mephisto puzzles, definitions can … Read more “Mephisto 3321 – Tim Moorey”

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Times 28900 – real and unreal geography

Author   glhPosted on 25th April 2024 at 12:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Time taken: 11:58. I don’t think this is as difficult as I made it out to be, I had two early typos in answers that kept me from completing some pretty obvious cryptics. There’s a … Read more “Times 28900 – real and unreal geography”

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