Greetings, barred-grid fans! Tim Moorey brought the challenge last week, with some rather fun surfaces and overall not too difficult a puzzle on the Mephisto scale. I got through this in a single session during … Read more “Mephisto 3313 – Tim Moorey”
Author: glh
Times 28852 – February bonus
I got interrupted while solving this one, so I do not have an accurate time, but I solved it pretty readily, I’d say this is easier than normal. Good thing too, because this has been … Read more “Times 28852 – February bonus”
Mephisto 3311 – Robert Teuton
Greeting, barred-grid fans. I remember polishing this one off fairly quickly, though was thinking some of the clever clues may turn out tricky to write up. Let’s see how it all settles together. A reminder … Read more “Mephisto 3311 – Robert Teuton”
Times 28840 – spelling agitation
Time taken: 10:47. Was relieved that this came back all-correct, but now I need to research a few pieces of parsing. Hopefully it will all make sense, I relied on wordplay a lot more than … Read more “Times 28840 – spelling agitation”
Mephisto 3309 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans! I remember having a lot of fun solving this one over a few shots of rum while waiting for the Saturday night classic horror movie to start – The Evil Of Frankenstein … Read more “Mephisto 3309 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28828 – a well hidden puzzle
After the first three puzzles this week were pretty easy, I figured I was going to get the stinker. What I didn’t expect was that the link from the Crossword Club did not go to … Read more “Times 28828 – a well hidden puzzle”
Mephisto 3307 – Robert Teuton
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”
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?”