Greetings barred-grid fans. For the new year, Paul McKenna has given us a fairy gentle Mephsisto puzzle, with the customary pun in the top row (SALT AWAY). The grid has 90 degree symmetry, and with … Read more “Mephisto 3201 – Paul McKenna”
Author: glh
Times 28180 – FUN
Time taken: 7:03 I got through this one pretty readily, with a few pieced together from wordplay. 13 down is a bit of an odd clue, and will be a lot easier for solvers who … Read more “Times 28180 – FUN”
Mephisto 3199 – Don Manley
Greeting barred-grid fans, I was caught a little short – I was not expecting to blog this until next week, but as it has just passed into Boxing Day in the UK, and the cricket … Read more “Mephisto 3199 – Don Manley”
Times 28168 – how good are you at your licks?
. Solvers of a less Sorry about the late post – I put up a placeholder here earlier. A friend surprised me with tickets to see a TV show taped and the taping ran hours … Read more “Times 28168 – how good are you at your licks?”
Mephisto 3197 – Tim Moorey
Greetings barred-grid fans. Took me a while to get into this one, and my copy is covered in notes (though I take more notes when I know it is my turn to blog), but no … Read more “Mephisto 3197 – Tim Moorey”
Times 28156 – and it’s goodnight from him
Time taken: 14:13. I got off to a pretty good start but took a long time to piece together the ones I had to get from wordplay, and was relieved when there were no pink … Read more “Times 28156 – and it’s goodnight from him”
Mephisto 3195 – Paul McKenna
Geetings barred-grid fans! Paul McKenna has taken us to some of the deep cuts in Chambers this week for a puzzle I found particularly challenging, but a lot of fun reading up on the components. … Read more “Mephisto 3195 – Paul McKenna”
Times 28144 – run away, run away!
Time taken: 16:55, with about three minutes agoising over my last one in, and after crossing my fingers and hitting submit I found I had a very silly typo elsewhere. The early indications are that … Read more “Times 28144 – run away, run away!”
Mephisto 3193 – Don Manley
I found the bottom half of this puzzle came together more readily than the top half and worked my way up. As usual, the wordplay is precise though there are a few traps for those … Read more “Mephisto 3193 – Don Manley”
Times 28132 – and he dropped it!
Solving time: 17:01 – though with the pink square syndrome as I had a very silly typo. I will admit, other things were on my mind tonight as I just found a spec script I … Read more “Times 28132 – and he dropped it!”