Time taken: 13:08. I was a little nervous about one entry when I submitted, more so that I now have to scrape up an explanation. Celebrations all around – as many of you read this … Read more “Times 27832 – in which I may be asked to 14”
Author: glh
Mephisto 3141 – Paul McKenna
Im afraid there has been a prolonged internet outage here. My provider said an hour ago it should be fixed by 10pm however at noon they said it should be fixed by 4pm so who … Read more “Mephisto 3141 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27820 – brush up on your philosophy
Time taken: 15:12, but with one silly typo in 8 down, so a pink square of doom. I struggled with this, and I am a little miffed at the setter for clueing the name of … Read more “Times 27820 – brush up on your philosophy”
Mephisto 3139 – Don Manley
Fun puzzle with a 90-degree symmetry grid and generous checking letters around. As usual, Don Manley has given precise wordplay for the more unusual words in the grid. Just in case I make any flubs … Read more “Mephisto 3139 – Don Manley”
Times 27808 – brush up your Shakespeare
Time taken: 11:59. That’s a bit slower than my usual, and I was surprised to see that there were a few solvers with much better times already, so maybe I was making a meal of … Read more “Times 27808 – brush up your Shakespeare”
Mephisto 3137 – Tim Moorey
Vinyl1 posted after last week’s puzzle that he had a few questions over this one. I didn’t fare too badly, though there was one abbreviation that I didn’t find in Chambers and had to look … Read more “Mephisto 3137 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27796 – when you’re a blogger…
Time taken: 11:46. I was wondering if I was going to get to write the blog in this format – about a week ago the crossword club stopped working in my Chrome browser – I’d … Read more “Times 27796 – when you’re a blogger…”
Mephisto 3135 – Paul McKenna
I remember doing this on Sunday afternoon on a pretty glorious day, but don’t remember that much about the solving process. Chalk that up to a round of golf the previous day where I took … Read more “Mephisto 3135 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27784 – a wordplay tour-de-force
Time taken: 9:13. That is just a touch under my average, but this is a tricky puzzle that is right up my alley – there were a large number of answers here that I had … Read more “Times 27784 – a wordplay tour-de-force”
Mephisto 3133: Don Manley
Oh dear, I appear to have been migrated to a new posting system, which removes the colours and the spacing of the automated blog poster that I have been using. I hope it is still … Read more “Mephisto 3133: Don Manley”