I remember not being held up too long by this one, which was a relief as I was still trying to polish off the previous week’s Azed (clearly I did not make the deadline on … Read more “Mephisto 2959 – Don Manley”
Author: glh
Times 26728 – know yours P’s and C’s
Solving time: 9:57 but I have one error which I hope is a careless typo, since I checked back over the grid once before hitting submit. And there it is – I have a sneaking … Read more “Times 26728 – know yours P’s and C’s”
Mephisto 2957 – Tim Moorey
Strange solve this one – usually I complete the grid in chunks, but there were not a lot of answers that I got on a first pass, so it was a more sporadinc scratching my … Read more “Mephisto 2957 – Tim Moorey”
Time 26716 – hope you didn’t get court out
Solving time : 11:23 – and I have a feeling I was the target audience for this puzzle, there is some smashing wordplay, and even a rare cryptic definition that I can tolerate. A few … Read more “Time 26716 – hope you didn’t get court out”
Mephisto 2955 – Paul McKenna
Apologies for the late post – I’m in a new play, Prairie Fire, by Ryan Madden (a local playwright) and it has been taking up a significant chunk of time, especially Saturday afternoons when I … Read more “Mephisto 2955 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26704 – where Shakespeare meets the Muppets
Solving time : 10:17 and I was surprised to see that time putting me at the top of the Crossword Club leaderboard with the puzzle being live for five hours now. There’s a few obscure … Read more “Times 26704 – where Shakespeare meets the Muppets”
Times 26692 – California dreamin’
Solving time : 7:52 – so either on the easier side of things, or just right on my wavelength, or a bit of both. Greetings from a conference in beautiful San Francisco, where the crossword … Read more “Times 26692 – California dreamin’”
Mephisto 2951 – Tim Moorey
I found this one very very difficult – very few that went in without a trip to the dictionary. And even then I was digging myself into a hole, by confidently putting in IN CASE … Read more “Mephisto 2951 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26680 – two 10s and a 14 walk in to a 19a in 19d
Solving time : 14:04, but with a typo, which was initially distressing because I had a few I was not 100% on, though it turns out I had put an extra T into 4 down. … Read more “Times 26680 – two 10s and a 14 walk in to a 19a in 19d”
Mephisto 2949 – Paul McKenna
I found this one on the easier side, with a lot of the unfamiliar words having clear wordplay. I also spotted the possibility of the pun (PROPHECIES) across the top row helping me get 7 … Read more “Mephisto 2949 – Paul McKenna”