Greetings barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this challenge, as to be expected from Tim Moorey some quirky but exact wordplay. Completed over two short stints later in the day, I was not able to do my … Read more “Mephisto 3277 – Tim Moorey”
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Times 28636 – the smutty times
Time taken: 7:38 and enjoyed every second of it. This was a fun romp and had several clues that appealed to my filthy mind. Hope you enjoyed it too! Across 1 Doctor‘s order almost received … Read more “Times 28636 – the smutty times”
Mephisto 3275 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans! I don’t remember having too much difficulty with this puzzle, but there were plenty of smiles to be had, as I was familiar with a few of the odder entries, particularly the … Read more “Mephisto 3275 – Robert Teuton”
Times 28624 – stuck out on a reef
Time taken: 11:46. Just like yesterday I was finished in well under 10 minutes except for one entry. I spent a few minutes trying to come up with other plausible answers and put in one … Read more “Times 28624 – stuck out on a reef”
Times 28618: Not the bumper edition
Time taken: 9:02. There are several better times than mine in, and I suspect knowing the town at 5 across (which was my last in) and using the British term for the cryptic definition at … Read more “Times 28618: Not the bumper edition”
Mephisto 3273 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans. Ready for some more deep dives into Mephisto? Tim Moorey presented a fun puzzle with some unlikely terms, fortunately the precise wordplay gives a way in to the weirdest entries. Fewer pop … Read more “Mephisto 3273 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28612 – the day I was 25-headed
Time taken: 34:33. One of my slowest solves ever, and only part of it is because I was watching a friend play the new Zelda game. This puzzle had me scratching my head and even … Read more “Times 28612 – the day I was 25-headed”
Times 28606 – fool me once
Time taken: 21:00. I think a combination of being tired, having a bunch of distractions while trying to solve and missing some of the general knowledge slowed me down a lot. Looking back over the … Read more “Times 28606 – fool me once”
Mephisto 3271 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans. I found this one tricky, and definitely a few notches up from the first few Robert Teuton puzzles. If you trust the wordplay, most of the unusual terms are clear. In Mephisto … Read more “Mephisto 3271 – Robert Teuton”
Times 28600: Painted into a corner
Time taken: 10:10, with about a third of that on the bottom left corner, where all the unusual words and traps lay. If you are confident of some of the spellings of the foreign terms … Read more “Times 28600: Painted into a corner”