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?”
Author: glh
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”
Mephisto 2961 – Paul McKenna
Well this is a first – Paul McKenna’s treat of putting puns in the top row of Mephistos helped me out, because I cannot for the life of me figure out the wordplay for 1 … Read more “Mephisto 2961 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26740 – a little one’ll do you
Solving time : 40:40 – I think that’s about the longest it has ever taken me to complete one of these, and at least half of it was on the last two answers, both of … Read more “Times 26740 – a little one’ll do you”
Mephisto 2959 – Don Manley
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”
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”