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”
Author: glh
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”
Times 27292 – fool me three times!
Solving time: 14:11… but when I hit submit, even though I thought I have checked it over, I made not one, not two, but three very silly errors in the puzzle! Must be playing with … Read more “Times 27292 – fool me three times!”
Times 27286 – where’s ya wheelie bin?
Time taken: 8:46 – I thought I was on my way to a personal best, but I got stuck on the last three and had to get some paper and start scribbling letter combinations before … Read more “Times 27286 – where’s ya wheelie bin?”
Mephisto 3051 – Paul McKenna
I thought this was a notch up in difficulty in comparison to the last couple of weeks. Paul McKenna has also given us a slightly different grid, 11×13 with three across answers going right across … Read more “Mephisto 3051 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 3049 – Don Manley
I made a pretty quick start on this but somehow got convinced that TAIAHA was not only a bird, which it is not, but fitted the wordplay at 21 down, which it certainly does not. … Read more “Mephisto 3049 – Don Manley”
Times 27268 – at least it wasn’t get knotted!
Solving time 9:50, which about an hour in, puts me in first place on the leaderboard (that will probably change before I have finished this write-up). It is very rare that my last clue in … Read more “Times 27268 – at least it wasn’t get knotted!”
Mephisto 3047 – Tim Moorey
Each of the three Mephisto setters had a certain flavor to their puzzles, and with Tim Moorey there’s often a dash of sportsball and popular culture. Usually popular culture I am not up on at … Read more “Mephisto 3047 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27256: I called it!
Solving time: 20:05 I commented on yesterday’s puzzle that we are due for a stinker, and it would just so happen that it is my turn. And we got it! I am usually under 12 … Read more “Times 27256: I called it!”
Mephisto 3045 – Paul McKenna
I found this puzzle to be on the easier side of the Mephisto spectrum. There’s not that many obscure words, and a few science references that fell right into my wheelhouse. The grid is generous … Read more “Mephisto 3045 – Paul McKenna”