Time taken: OK, I’ll admit, after everything else was in at 15:49, and probably four minutes earlier, I was left looking at 16 across. Nothing was coming to mind with regards the clue or the … Read more “Times 27412 – line please”
Author: glh
Mephisto 3071 – Tim Moorey
I found this one pretty tricky, and worked from the bottom up, ending with 4 across. I hope I have all the wordplay sorted out. All definitions can be verified in Chambers and are only … Read more “Mephisto 3071 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27400 – you may remember this
Time taken: 13:01 but with one silly typo at 15 down keeping me from the leaderboard. From looking at the early finishers, this is on the difficult side, nobody is under 10 minutes. Odd puzzle … Read more “Times 27400 – you may remember this”
Mephisto 3069 – Paul McKenna
I solved this one on an airplane between Washington Dulles and Los Angeles with an electronic copy of Chambers handy, and was glad for the distraction (for those curious, that flight is a Mephisto, an … Read more “Mephisto 3069 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27388 – in which LiveJournal chucks a wobbly
Solving time: 21:11. This is a difficult puzzle, but I was under a few adverse circumstances here, I am jet-lagged and at the family home in Melbourne for my father’s funeral this afternoon. This means … Read more “Times 27388 – in which LiveJournal chucks a wobbly”
Mephisto 3067 – Don Manley
A fine Mephisto for wordplay, which is to be expected from Don Manley, where my usual approach is wordplay first, and then check the definition. It also helped in this one that two of the … Read more “Mephisto 3067 – Don Manley”
Times 27376 – your bolter for 10
Solving time: 11:58, and a sigh of relief that the one I put in from wordplay turned out to be correct. I could have done better, I rather confidently put in BOLTER for 5 across … Read more “Times 27376 – your bolter for 10”
Mephisto 3065 – Tim Moorey
Tim Moorey tends to scatter some pop culture and sports references through his puzzles and this one has double cricket and double football (maybe a hat tip to the World Cup of cricket and the … Read more “Mephisto 3065 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27364, mind your V’s and K’s
Time taken: 14:31, and going by the times posted on the leaderboard so far, this is on the tricky side. I made a good start at it, but put in a few completely incorrect answers … Read more “Times 27364, mind your V’s and K’s”
Mephisto 3063 – Paul McKenna
Been kind of busy these last few weeks with the end of semester, a move and a play, so I didn’t solve this one until just now. Had to laugh that my last entry involved … Read more “Mephisto 3063 – Paul McKenna”