There was an extended deadline for this puzzle due to the holiday weekend(s). I don’t know if it was intentional, but I found this one far more difficult than most of the recent Mephistos and … Read more “Mephisto 2991 – Paul McKenna (December 24 Mephisto)”
Author: glh
Times 26920 – music on top of music
Solving time: 13:38. Well, I have been dragged kicking and screaming into whatever century this is and I’m trying the script of mohn2’s to somehow dredge the clues out of the online puzzle and stick … Read more “Times 26920 – music on top of music”
Mephisto 2989 – Don Manley
I did this one pretty early since I was snowed in (thankfully mostly with power and internet) last weekend. I had a bunch of question marks around the outside, which usually means that I got … Read more “Mephisto 2989 – Don Manley”
Times 26908. In which George stares at his phone in a dressing room and a bar
Solving time : 1:59:42. Yay – I came in under two hours. OK – this was the first time I did the crossword on my cellulite phone, in breaks during a show I was performing … Read more “Times 26908. In which George stares at his phone in a dressing room and a bar”
Mephisto 2987 – Tim Moorey
Greetings all, running way behind. Here’s a placeholder for the Mephisto, feel free to ask questions of the hive mind, but I don’t think I’ll be able to get to this until Monday morning. Or … Read more “Mephisto 2987 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26896 – 19 your booty (or 19 your 19).
Solving time : 8:39 – and I thought it looked more tricky than usual, so I was surprised to find my time at 5th out of the first 15 solvers. There’s a wide range of … Read more “Times 26896 – 19 your booty (or 19 your 19).”
Times 26884 – a constant battle between technology and sleep deprivation
Solving time : 15:14, but it should have been a lot faster – when I got home from rehearsal my computer decided it needed to update and reboot, and that means I have sat here … Read more “Times 26884 – a constant battle between technology and sleep deprivation”
Mephisto 2983 – Don Manley
I remember solving this in a single session last Sunday, and my grid only had a few question marks and one scribble out so I didn’t find it too difficult. I rather liked the grid … Read more “Mephisto 2983 – Don Manley”
Times 26866 – things that go 1 across in the night
Solving time : 11:42 for an interesting crossword. There’s a few obscurities here, though I think everything is accessible from the wordplay, though one long anagram may not come readily. Several hyphenated answers and a … Read more “Times 26866 – things that go 1 across in the night”
Mephisto 2981 – Tim Moorey
This was an interesting puzzle of halves and quarters. I had almost all of the right hand side complete with practically nothing in the left. Then moved to the bottom left, completed with not much … Read more “Mephisto 2981 – Tim Moorey”