I did most of this in one fairly short sitting, but the top left was largely empty. Took quite a bit of poking and prodding to get the last few into place. Near the end … Read more “Mephisto 3001 – Don Manley”
Author: glh
Times 26980 – but do they speak 13 in 3 (or 17 or 23)
Solving time: 17:17. I struggled mightily with this one, but it was all because I was unfamiliar with much of the general knowledge – the other other three times that are in so far are … Read more “Times 26980 – but do they speak 13 in 3 (or 17 or 23)”
Mephisto 2999 – Tim Moorey
I now know that there is something special for Mephisto 3000 – a themed puzzle created by all three setters, I guess similar to the one that recently appeared for 40 years of the Mephisto … Read more “Mephisto 2999 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26968 – 25 up your ears?
Solving time: 12:35. Pretty steady solve, I found this overall a bigger challenge than yesterday but there were no unknown answers that held me up at the end. A few tricky wordplay elements, I suspect … Read more “Times 26968 – 25 up your ears?”
Mephisto 2997 – Paul McKenna
Woohoo – the script is working again! We can bulk reproduce crossword clues with abandon. I had a hard time with the last few fiddly bits of this puzzle. Most of the long answers were … Read more “Mephisto 2997 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26956, in which my feminine side comes out – at least at 27 across
Solving time: 10:14 – I thought I was going to be easily under 10 minutes but I was held up by the place name, the body artists and the thing that went in the soup. … Read more “Times 26956, in which my feminine side comes out – at least at 27 across”
Mephisto 2995 – Don Manley
Apologies for going back to the old-school blog format, but the script doesn’t seem to be working for me right now – the puzzle just keeps reloading and I get errors in the console panel. … Read more “Mephisto 2995 – Don Manley”
Times 26944 – for want of a queue
Solving time: 10:00 – however I had a very silly typo that I should have picked up on in a readthrough, so I am sitting nearly at the bottom of the leaderboard. After finding a … Read more “Times 26944 – for want of a queue”
Mephisto 2993 – Tim Moorey
Another tricky offering from Tim Moorey this week, with some cunning wordplay for unfamiliar terms. I am writing this up a little bit in advance of the solution appearing (hopefully it will work, I tend … Read more “Mephisto 2993 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26932 – I like the way the Americans say 20 down
Solving time: 8:21. At the moment this has me second of about 18 on the list, so I might have gotten lucky with a jump on some of the wordplay here. Now let’s talk wordplay … Read more “Times 26932 – I like the way the Americans say 20 down”