Greetings barred-grid fans. At risk of being smacked down like I was last time, I thought this was definitely on the gentler side of Mephisto puzzles, with the usual clear Don Manley wordplay for obscure … Read more “Mephisto 3163 – Don Manley”
Author: glh
Times 27952 – all this and some biochemistry
Time taken: 14:47. That is a little bit longer than my usual, and looking at some of the early scores, I think this is going to fall into the more difficult camp. I am hoping … Read more “Times 27952 – all this and some biochemistry”
Mephisto 3161 – Tim Moorey
Greetings barred-grid fans. I’m writing from my deck looking down at a bumper crop of poorly-masked tourists, it being school holidays and Easter weekend. I will hopefully feel less bitter about my fellow Americans soon, … Read more “Mephisto 3161 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27940 – in which I was not fooled
Time taken: 8:55 Nothing too difficult here, and I suspect a few biffing opportunities, particularly in 1 across where the definition and number of characters leads itself to one of two answers. There was only … Read more “Times 27940 – in which I was not fooled”
Mephisto 3159 – Paul McKenna
Greetings barred-grid fans. I had quite a few question marks around my grid, usually meaning wordplay or definition I had to look up. I didn’t start this until fairly late in the week so I … Read more “Mephisto 3159 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27928 – no train spotting
Time taken: 8:02. Greetings all – this has been an odd week for me. The USA going to Daylight Savings time two weeks earlier than the UK means that the puzzle doesn’t appear until 8pm … Read more “Times 27928 – no train spotting”
Mephisto 3157 – Don Manley
Greetings barred-grid fans. This was a rather fun Mephisto with one term in particular that has always tickled me finding its way into the right hand side of the grid. I first heard it as … Read more “Mephisto 3157 – Don Manley”
Times 27916 – roll roll roll your boat
Time taken: 8:12. Judging by the other early times, I think I was very much on the setter’s wavelength today, since my time is a bit under my average, but the other early bird are … Read more “Times 27916 – roll roll roll your boat”
Mephisto 3155 – Tim Moorey
Greetings barred-grid fans. I’m writing this up having just learned of the passing of Jim Biggin. Jim and I started blogging the daily puzzle the same week in 2007, and in May 2008 Jim started … Read more “Mephisto 3155 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27904 – maybe I had to go?
Time taken: 13:04 but with one very very silly error where I put in one of two possible answers without checking all the wordplay, silly me! Somtimes you back yourself and I turned the oven … Read more “Times 27904 – maybe I had to go?”