Solving time: 7:52, and I think this puzzle was very much on my wavelength, almost all of the across answers went in on a first reading, and it was only two sweeps through the clues … Read more “Times 27136 – hope you made it to 12!”
Author: glh
Mephisto 3025 – Don Manley
I found this one to be a puzzle of two halves – the top half filled in extrmely quickly, with some head-scratching over the bottom half. Don Manley has, as usual, treated us to a … Read more “Mephisto 3025 – Don Manley”
Times 27124 – What a strange bird…
Solving time: 15:46 Window of opportunity closing rapidly. Greetings from the spotty wifi at Charlotte Douglas Internation airport, where I am keeping the laptop alive by propping the connection into a power outlet with my … Read more “Times 27124 – What a strange bird…”
Mephisto 3023 – Tim Moorey
Apologies for the late post, I thought that I put up a placeholder yesterday. I got stuck at a party last night and had plans to play golf early this morning so didn’t get a … Read more “Mephisto 3023 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27112 – posted from a 9
Solving time: 7:31. I made a pretty good fist of this one, though there’s going to be one or two that I have to re-think while I write up the blog. This post is a … Read more “Times 27112 – posted from a 9”
Mephisto 3021 – Paul McKenna
The Mephisto is usually a 12×12 grid, but the setters have some leeway with size, as long as the number of cells and number of clues fit within a publishable space. This time we have … Read more “Mephisto 3021 – Paul McKenna”
Times 27100 – definitely not 4 across!
Addendum: I’m sorry I did not include my own time, which was 25:40. I am usually in the 9-14 minute range, so this was a long way from my typical time. It also appears to … Read more “Times 27100 – definitely not 4 across!”
Mephisto 3019 – Don Manley
I was rather taken with the grid for this puzzle, with the networks of four letters words. For those of you checking in for the first time, or relatively new to the Mephisto, welcome to … Read more “Mephisto 3019 – Don Manley”
Times 27088 – how’s your geography?
Solving time: 9:04, but missed a typo when I was checking over answers, so I’m not gonig to be contributing to the SNITCH times today. As of right now, three of the four solvers have … Read more “Times 27088 – how’s your geography?”
Mephisto 3017 – Tim Moorey
I didn’t have a lot of question marks next to entries in this one, but I did have to look up a lot of references. Tim Moorey tends to scatter places, people and things from … Read more “Mephisto 3017 – Tim Moorey”