Solving time: 9:01. I got in a bit of a fuddle near the end since I was utterly convinced that my answer at 6 down was correct but it didn’t work with the obvious answer … Read more “Times 27232 – when things are not clear”
Author: glh
Mephisto 3041 – Tim Moorey
I seem to recall getting through this pretty easily last Sunday with a few head-scratching moments which I hope I can work out over the next few minutes, though there is one that completely eludes … Read more “Mephisto 3041 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27220 – advantage setter
Time: 20:34, but with two whopping errors, one was a guess that came to me just as I hit submit, so I knew it wasn’t going to be correct, the other was a word I … Read more “Times 27220 – advantage setter”
Mephisto 3039 – Paul McKenna
Odd-numbered Mephisto time! The grid has 90-degree symmetry with four clues running all the way across the 12×12 grid to stop it from separating into four mini-puzzles. All good fin. I however made a real … Read more “Mephisto 3039 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27208 – take it away, setter…
Solving time: 10:36, which is about on my average, but there is only one faster time than me on the club board at the moment (great time, aphis99) and a few of the regulars seem … Read more “Times 27208 – take it away, setter…”
Mephisto 3037 – Don Manley
I was a long way away from the wordplay in many clues, and so found this one very difficult. First definitions are underlined in the clues. Somehow an incomplete blog got posted intitially, I have … Read more “Mephisto 3037 – Don Manley”
Times 27196 – have you anything to say to me?
Solving time: 09:47 The title refers to 13 across, and in keeping, while I type this up, I’m listening to Aretha Franklin’s sublime version – do yourself a favour and put it on while you … Read more “Times 27196 – have you anything to say to me?”
Times 27184 – around the world in 29 clues
Solving time: 10:20. I got off to a flyer here, but slowed down in the middle with those long answers taking a while to piece together. If you didn’t notice in yesterday’s comments, we lost … Read more “Times 27184 – around the world in 29 clues”
Mephisto 3033 – Paul McKenna
I found the bottom half of this one went in very quickly, but had a bit more fiddling around to do in the top half. I am a little lost on one piece of wordplay, … Read more “Mephisto 3033 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27172 – this puzzle blogged by a former 14 11 17.
Time: 11:48. Odd little puzzle this one, there’s a number of words that are not in everyday parlance, but the wordplay is in general extremely clear, so it is the sort of puzzle I like, … Read more “Times 27172 – this puzzle blogged by a former 14 11 17.”