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).”
Author: glh
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”
Times 26860 – a definite climb up a 1 across
Solving time : 18:58. There are several faster times than me on the leaderboard already, so I have a feeling I was not the intended audience for this puzzle. I’m not often critical of a … Read more “Times 26860 – a definite climb up a 1 across”
Times 28654 – a whole column of chemistry!
Solving time: 10:00 – I thought I was going to come in under 10 minutes, but spent a long time stuck on 1 across, my last in. I thought it was amusing that the left … Read more “Times 28654 – a whole column of chemistry!”
Mephisto 2979 – Paul McKenna
I tried twice to solve this without a dictionary handy, once over a coffee early on Sunday morning, and then on a plane heading to New York City, where I am now with the online … Read more “Mephisto 2979 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2977 – Don Manley
I had some troubles with my LiveJournal account and was frozen out yesterday so didn’t manage to get this typed up. I’m going to have to work on it during quick breaks today, but it … Read more “Mephisto 2977 – Don Manley”
Times 26836 – you can’t fool me, Times Crossword Club!
Solving time : 12:34, though you can attribute about 30 seconds of that to hitting submit, and getting a message “Warning, your puzzle is only 99% complete”. So I went back to check it – … Read more “Times 26836 – you can’t fool me, Times Crossword Club!”