Time taken: 13:09. The last two daily puzzled I blogged each had something I didn’t like about them, but the setter has come through today with a rather fun offering that I enjoyed immensely. It … Read more “Times 27352 – a number and a number”
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Mephisto 3061 – Don Manley
I rather liked this puzzle, it was not too difficult, and the grid design led to a pretty even solve, with lots of scattered crossings of words. I hope everything is in the blog, as … Read more “Mephisto 3061 – Don Manley”
Times 27340 – not my cup of 14
Time taken: 20:46 – and with that, one silly typo, so if you are looking for a chance to get on the leaderboard well ahead of your blogger, today is an exceptional day. With all … Read more “Times 27340 – not my cup of 14”
Mephisto 3059
This puzzle was not attributed, but if the normal order of things was followed, it should be a Tim Moorey Mephisto – it certainly feels like it, since there’s a bit of cricket, the usual … Read more “Mephisto 3059”
Times 27328 – does the setter prefer ODIs or smacky-smacky?
Solving time: 14:36 – a little slower than usual, and today it was some of the anagrams that held me up the longest. I’m the fourth of the seven times in so far, and the … Read more “Times 27328 – does the setter prefer ODIs or smacky-smacky?”
Mephisto 3057 – Paul McKenna
Some very new words for me in this one, so I was scouring Chambers and wordplay – after the mess that was Thursday’s daily puzzle, I hope I have it better together for here. Since … Read more “Mephisto 3057 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27316 – Watch this space!
Greetings all. In the time since writing the blog I have been informed of a few incorrect parsings that I listed in the blog, and some clues were changed in the electronic version of the … Read more “Times 27316 – Watch this space!”
Mephisto 3055 – Don Manley
I found this trickier than most recent Mephistos, and solved it largely from the bottom up – I think at one point the entire bottom half was full, but only 7 down was in place … Read more “Mephisto 3055 – Don Manley”
Times 27304 – don’t wait until the 20
Time taken: 9:30. I didn’t get off to a very good start on this one, but it was a steady solve and fill in the gaps as I went round and I ended up a … Read more “Times 27304 – don’t wait until the 20”
Mephisto 3053 – Tim Moorey
I found this one kind of a struggle and I’m not sure if I have everything 100% sussed out. There are an unsually large number of clues that require reversal of wordplay components here. The … Read more “Mephisto 3053 – Tim Moorey”