Time taken: 12:19. I was interrupted twice while solving, but I don’t think it slowed things down that much. I found this one pretty tricky, though some of the early solvers have rather slick times. … Read more “Times 28402 – giving it a whirl”
Author: glh
Mephisto 3237 – Paul McKenna
I found this one tricky, particularly as I was looking to confirm everything in advance of writing up the blog – there are a few biffable from definition. I am not 100% on what is … Read more “Mephisto 3237 – Paul McKenna”
Times 28396 – science!
Time taken: 6:26. I got through this one pretty readily, but I think I might have been the target audience, with a few clues relating to science and a film director I admired. Early solvers … Read more “Times 28396 – science!”
Times 28390 – mixing and matching your underwear
Time taken: 11:23. I thought we might have been in for a stinker, as a first read through the across entries only yielded three or four, but I got most of the downs at a … Read more “Times 28390 – mixing and matching your underwear”
Mephisto 3235 – Don Manley
Greetings barred-grid fans. Another fine puzzle from Don Manley where the wordplay falls into place neatly. There’s not as many unusual words in the grid, so I expect most will find this at the easier … Read more “Mephisto 3235 – Don Manley”
Times 28384 – I can’t get to sleep… I think about the implication
Time taken: 13:46. I found this one difficult, though I may have not been on the setter’s wavelength, as the other early solvers thus far have registered slick times. The grid is a pangram (and … Read more “Times 28384 – I can’t get to sleep… I think about the implication”
Times 28378 – a world tour
Time taken: 9:46. The early solvers seemed to find this one more difficult than recent puzzles, and I hit on a few lucky guesses that I now have to unravel for the blog. Quite a … Read more “Times 28378 – a world tour”
Mephisto 3233 – Tim Moorey
Greetings barred-grid fans! I spent more time looking up things in Chambers than usual this week, not so much because of the wordplay, but there are some very odd words in the grid. In Mephisto … Read more “Mephisto 3233 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28372 – Fi Vi Al Fum
Time taken: 9:43. It seems a few weeks in a row I have hit a good puzzle for wordplay, as several answers I had to piece together from wordplay turned out to be correct! I … Read more “Times 28372 – Fi Vi Al Fum”
Times 28366 – didn’t he manage the Beatles?
Time taken: 14:26, and it seems from the early solvers that this is a tricky one. A good puzzle for looking carefully at the wordplay, as there are some answers that appear plausible from the … Read more “Times 28366 – didn’t he manage the Beatles?”