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Author: glh
Times 27772 – my first palindrome!
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!”
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”