Greetings barred-grid fans. I found this one to be pretty tricky, and I am not sure I have all of the wordplay down – for that reason I waited until the solution was out before … Read more “Mephisto 3307 – Robert Teuton”
Author: glh
Times 28816 – a non-cartesian pangram
Time taken: 15:14. This is the most difficult daily I can remember in some time. I had 20 minutes before an online appointment and thought I would have time to finish and get started on … Read more “Times 28816 – a non-cartesian pangram”
Mephisto 3305 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans, Tricky one this time around from Tim Moorey, I thought. Not that many unusual terms as answers, but crafty clues and tricky wordplay. A reminder that in Mephisto puzzles, definitions can be … Read more “Mephisto 3305 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28804 – un de les six?
Time taken: 13:23 Looking at the early times, I made a bit of a meal of this, and I’m glad for the unusual grid with the generous checking in a few areas. The wordplay is … Read more “Times 28804 – un de les six?”
Mephisto 3303 – Robert Teuton
Greetings barred-grid fans. It is the eve before Christmas Eve here. With the crazy holiday schedule, I think I did this puzzle on Wednesday morning, so it should be fresher in my mind. I remember … Read more “Mephisto 3303 – Robert Teuton”
Times 28792 – A Shropshire Lad
Time taken: 10:06. I thought I was going to race through this one, but it turned out that the answers I did not see immediately took a fair bit of sorting out. Checking the early … Read more “Times 28792 – A Shropshire Lad”
Mephisto 3301 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this one – the wordplay is excellent all-round, and can be trusted to get to the unusual answers readily. Pretty brisk solve. In Mephisto puzzles, definitions can be confirmed in … Read more “Mephisto 3301 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28780 – a hidden pearl
Time taken: 11:07 From the times of the first few people to finish, I suspect this is on the more difficult end of things. In my first run through the across clues I only got … Read more “Times 28780 – a hidden pearl”
Mephisto 3299 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans! I really enjoyed solving this puzzle, since it was the intersection of doing the puzzle, having a gin and tonic, and watching a broadcast of the Joan Collins movie Empire of the … Read more “Mephisto 3299 – Robert Teuton”
Times 28768 – deja vu
Time taken: 8:47. I may have been on the setter’s wavelength because my time seems a little faster than the average of the early solvers. I really enjoyed this one, there’s three unusual pieces of … Read more “Times 28768 – deja vu”