I found this one a touch more tricky than recent Mephistos, and my last one in was the place name across the top with which I was not familiar. Usually I find Tim Moorey’s wordplay … Read more “Mephisto 3077 – Tim Moorey”
Author: glh
Times 27436 – a shell game?
Time taken: 10:22 but with one very careless error as I was so convinced 1 across had a double L that I forced it in without thinking about where the I needed to go. So … Read more “Times 27436 – a shell game?”
Mephisto 3075 – Paul McKenna
Apologies for this appearing late – I wrote it early and scheduled it for the 11th, but forgot to change the time, so it was set to appear at 6:30pm my time (which would be … Read more “Mephisto 3075 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27424: I’d rather have a 21 than a 10
Time taken: 18:56. I struggled mightily with this one, and I think my difficulty was in second-guessing a few of the defintions, which in my mind did not perfectly fit the answers. I should have … Read more “Times 27424: I’d rather have a 21 than a 10”
Mephisto 3073 – Don Manley
Strange solving process for this one, as I started at the bottom and worked my way up. On a first reading of clues I could not get a single one in the top half of … Read more “Mephisto 3073 – Don Manley”
Times 27412 – line please
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”
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”