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”
Author: glh
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”
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”