Time taken: 13:14, although even with checking through my answers I managed a particularly silly typo at 13 down, which was one of the ones I felt good about parsing. I think this is a … Read more “Times 27772 – my first palindrome!”
Author: glh
Mephisto 3131 – Tim Moorey
I didn’t get to this until after I blogged Thursday’s daily puzzle, and it seems it was my week as there was quite a bit of chemistry spread between these two! My particular expertise in … Read more “Mephisto 3131 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27760 – rumour and 26
Well I hit the submit button at 8:53, feeling very good about this one, but I didn’t check carefully enough and I had a typo in 26 across, so there goes what I think might … Read more “Times 27760 – rumour and 26”
Mephisto 3129 – Paul McKenna
Fun puzzle, this one – you can trust the wordplay to get the large number of unusual terms in the grid. Another grid with 90-degree symmetry, it seems we are getting more of these lately. … Read more “Mephisto 3129 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27748: #isthetimescrosswordoninstagramnow
Time taken: 10:52. I thought I was in for a tough time with this one, as a first run through the across clues didn’t yield much, but I did pretty well on a first run … Read more “Times 27748: #isthetimescrosswordoninstagramnow”
Mephisto 3127 – Don Manley
Greetings all – this was a rather fun puzzle from Don Manley, and I can only see a little bit of scribble in my grid where I had an original incorrect answer at 5 down … Read more “Mephisto 3127 – Don Manley”
Times 27736 – twice shy
Time taken: 8:43. Relieved to have an all-correct this time, since I managed to make silly mistakes in both Monday and Tuesday’s daily puzzle and the Monday quick cryptic. Fortunately there was no spelling of … Read more “Times 27736 – twice shy”
Mephisto 3125 – Tim Moorey
It’s your weekly dose of barred-grid, this time with Tim Moorey and a puzzle that I found pretty straightforward – usually Tim throws in a few cultural references that are not in my wheelhouse, but … Read more “Mephisto 3125 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27724… reverse engineering
Solving time: 8:24. Far more straightforward solve than yesterday’s which I didn’t find the time to comment on but it seems there was not a great deal of love. This is a classic, and a … Read more “Times 27724… reverse engineering”
Mephisto 3123 – Paul McKenna
A step up in difficulty this week, it took me two sessions to put everything together. The pun in the top row was helpful (especially so since one of the words is not in Chambers), … Read more “Mephisto 3123 – Paul McKenna”