Time taken: 11:51, but with one silly typo. This has not been my week, I had a typo on Tuesday, a completely incorrect answer on Wednesday and today I am back to the head-smacking pink … Read more “Times 28474 – maybe time to call it 19?”
Author: glh
Mephisto 3249 – Paul McKenna
Greetings barred-grid fans. While I didn’t find this puzzle particularly difficult to complete, there’s some deep dives in Chambers that make writing this up a challenge. I am also a little befuddled about the top … Read more “Mephisto 3249 – Paul McKenna”
Times 28468 – what colour are those cells again?
Time taken: 7:45, but with one silly error, showing that I have been in the USA for far too long. A couple of letter subtraction clues today could be the stumbling point for solvers, but … Read more “Times 28468 – what colour are those cells again?”
Times 28462 – not a hunter
Time taken: 11:36. That’s a tad longer than my usual time, though the early solvers are a bit of a mix of those who found it easy and those who found it more difficult. I … Read more “Times 28462 – not a hunter”
Mephisto 3247 – Don Manley
Greetings, barred-grid fans. I got through this offering pretty readily, relying on wordplay and only looking a few answers up in Chambers to make sure they were words. In Mephisto puzzles, definitions (the most direct … Read more “Mephisto 3247 – Don Manley”
Times 28456 – If you 13 on a 4 does it make a 1ac?
Time taken: 10:00, which I think is the first time I’ve recorded such an even time. I thought it was going to take a while, since a first run through the across clues didn’t yield … Read more “Times 28456 – If you 13 on a 4 does it make a 1ac?”
Times 28450 – letting your fingers do the walking
I struggled with this one, completed in 18:33. There’s not a lot of early times in, but most of them are faster than mine, so maybe I was off the wavelength of the setter. I … Read more “Times 28450 – letting your fingers do the walking”
Mephisto 3245 – Tim Moorey
Greetings barred-grid fans. Don’t remember a lot about solving this last week, as it was through a Sunday morning fog after enjoying myself thoroughly (maybe a little too thoroughly) at a Renaissance Faire on Saturday. … Read more “Mephisto 3245 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28444 – where a corner tells a story
Time taken: 5:59. The early solvers are getting some slick times on this one, though there are several submissions with a few errors. Could be the muscial term at 1 down or the city at … Read more “Times 28444 – where a corner tells a story”
Times 28438 – the puzzle that drove me over the edge
The leaderboard shows me at 10:57, but I don’t really have a time for this puzzle, since something went haywire while I was trying to fill in the grid and the screen froze up, then … Read more “Times 28438 – the puzzle that drove me over the edge”