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Author: glh

Times 27364, mind your V’s and K’s

Author   glhPosted on 30th May 2019 at 12:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

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”

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Mephisto 3063 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 19th May 2019 at 12:06 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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”

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Times 27352 – a number and a number

Author   glhPosted on 16th May 2019 at 12:19 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

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

Author   glhPosted on 5th May 2019 at 12:34 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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”

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Times 27340 – not my cup of 14

Author   glhPosted on 2nd May 2019 at 9:22 PM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

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”

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Mephisto 3059

Author   glhPosted on 21st April 2019 at 12:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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”

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Times 27328 – does the setter prefer ODIs or smacky-smacky?

Author   glhPosted on 18th April 2019 at 1:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

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?”

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Mephisto 3057 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 7th April 2019 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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”

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Times 27316 – Watch this space!

Author   glhPosted on 4th April 2019 at 3:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

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!”

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Mephisto 3055 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 24th March 2019 at 12:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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”

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