Solving time : 10:38, but about two minutes of that was on the crafty clue at 24 down, which is just begging for you to biff in APSES but that just does not work with … Read more “Times 26812 – throw your relatives in the air!”
Author: glh
Mephisto 2971 – Don Manley
New format, and I for one welcome our new Mephisto formatting overlords, as this one printed automatically on one sheet of paper. Woohoo! For many years I’ve been loading the grid and adjusting the print … Read more “Mephisto 2971 – Don Manley”
Times 26800 – was this to your 8?
Solving time : 17:36 – one of the more difficult solves for me, though at the end I’m kicking myself for some fairly simple wordplay that I was just too dense to see at the … Read more “Times 26800 – was this to your 8?”
Mephisto 2969 – Tim Moorey
Mini story time… I’m in a production of Fiddler on the Roof right now (as soon as I get this written I’m heading to the theatre) and we have been doing a Sunday matinee – … Read more “Mephisto 2969 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26788 – little kids, little fish and a German waterway
Solving time : 7:20. I was relieved when this one came out as correct because I made a silly typo yesterday and had an incorrect answer on Tuesday, so it has been shaping up to … Read more “Times 26788 – little kids, little fish and a German waterway”
Mephisto 2967 – Paul McKenna
I found this one more tricky than recent Mephistos, and filled in the grid largely from the bottom up. As is typical with Paul McKenna’s Mephisto puzzles there is a pun in the top row … Read more “Mephisto 2967 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26776 – is that Mr. Wu cleaning windows?
Solving time : 9:59 on the club timer, as close as you can get to under 10 minutes! I’m the third time on there and the fastest, so maybe I’m more on the wavelength with … Read more “Times 26776 – is that Mr. Wu cleaning windows?”
Times 26770 – is this the 9 down?
Solving time : 8:52 and relieved that this was a more straightforward puzzle than the last two days as I am in dress rehearsals for a production and am not getting in until pretty late. … Read more “Times 26770 – is this the 9 down?”
Mephisto 2965 – Don Manley
I had to solve this twice – my usual thing is to have a couple of puzzles I’m working on (Listener, Mephisto, Azed, Spectator, a couple of US ones I do regularly) clipped together and … Read more “Mephisto 2965 – Don Manley”
Times 26752 – pass the 21
Solving time : 8:18 – there was a fair bit of biffing going on here, and I hope I can figure out the wordplay as I write this one up. I’m also relieved as there … Read more “Times 26752 – pass the 21”