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”
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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”
Times 27352 – a number and a number
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”
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?”