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”
Author: glh
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”
Times 26668 – quelque choise?
Solving time : 8:35 – I suspect I will be more on the wavelength of the setter than some today, with a few bits of French that I remember from school days, a mathematical anagram … Read more “Times 26668 – quelque choise?”
Mephisto 2947 – Don Manley
I finished this with some very large question marks, four of which required some online research to sort out. Fortunately the definition was unambiguous in each case. 90-degree and 180-degree symmetry in the grid this … Read more “Mephisto 2947 – Don Manley”
Times 26656 – are you living up to the measure of your 11?
Solving time : 9:37 – I thought this was a rather fun and neat crossword, with everything going in on a first or second pass through the clues and no real holdups. My last in … Read more “Times 26656 – are you living up to the measure of your 11?”
Mephisto 2945 – Tim Moorey
I made a cracking start on this one and then slowed down to a crawl at the end having to trawl through Chambers for a few of the shorter words, and fix a few confident … Read more “Mephisto 2945 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26644 – when is a German not a German?
Solving time : 15:15, which is symmetrical, but a bit slower than usual for me – I raced through about three quarters of this one and then had to think long and hard over the … Read more “Times 26644 – when is a German not a German?”