Greetings, barred-grid fans. OK – I found this one TOUGH! I was not able to finish it on Sunday morning (there may have been some recovery from Saturday shenanigans involved), and it took me three … Read more “Mephisto 3287 – Robert Teuton”
Author: glh
Times 28696 – tie one on
Time taken: 10:30. I think this one might be a touch easier than that, but I am a little out of practice, a change in scheduled means I am a few days behind on the … Read more “Times 28696 – tie one on”
Mephisto 3285 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans! I found this one a few notches up in difficulty from the last few weeks. Tim Moorey’s style of clueing often includes sport and cultural references and they both appear early on … Read more “Mephisto 3285 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28684 – over 40 feet high, just a little bit shy
Time taken: 6:39 I flew through this one, and some of the early times are pretty slick but not extremely so meaning I was probably on the setter’s wavelength here. It is a good puzzle … Read more “Times 28684 – over 40 feet high, just a little bit shy”
Mephisto 3283 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans! I enjoyed this romp, there’s some quirky and suggestive clueing. Nothing too particularly difficult, but I am finding Robert Teuton’s clues to have consistently amusing surfaces and concise wordplay. In Mephisto puzzles, … Read more “Mephisto 3283 – Robert Teuton”
Times 28672 – victory
Time taken: 9:18. Just a scratch faster than my average, though I expect there are a few answers that will hold up people less confident on trusting wordplay. At one point I thought the setter … Read more “Times 28672 – victory”
Mephisto 3281 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this one, and there’s some signature Tim Moorey touches including references to more recent people disguised as classical figures, and intricate subtractions in wordplay. In Mephisto puzzles, definitions can be … Read more “Mephisto 3281 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28660 – the knowledge of generals
Time taken: 11:33. I suspect this will appeal to those who have the general knowledge as there are a number of answers that seemed vaguely familiar when I pieced them together from wordplay, but are … Read more “Times 28660 – the knowledge of generals”
Mephisto 3279 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans. This week Robert Teuton has given us a good puzzle for wordplay, lots of unusual-looking words with clearly-indicated wordplay elements, a good Sunday morning work out (I was back to my usual … Read more “Mephisto 3279 – Robert Teuton”
Times 28648 – Let him make a 15 of me
Solving time: 7:25. I found this one on the easier side, though one of the terms that might give people trouble I knew from the Falstaff quote above; though in Henry IV Part 1 it … Read more “Times 28648 – Let him make a 15 of me”