I found this one on the gentler end of the Mephisto spectrum – in most cases the first piece of wordplay that sprung to mind ended up being the correct approach to the answer – … Read more “Mephisto 2929 – Tim Moorey”
Author: glh
Times 26548 – a fractured fairy tale
Solving time : 11:27, and I was the first one in on the club timer. Could have been a bit quicker if I knew how to spell, as a poor spelling of 7 down (since … Read more “Times 26548 – a fractured fairy tale”
Mephisto 2927 – Paul McKenna
Apologies for the late-ish posting. I usually write these on Saturday afternoons but I played golf in the rain and then the beer started. This one wasn’t overly challenging, though I found in trying to … Read more “Mephisto 2927 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26536 – you could ski straight through this one
Solving time: 9:33 – I thought I was going to be inside 7 minutes, but the ski resort held me up for a long time trying to work through the possibilities. Either I was on … Read more “Times 26536 – you could ski straight through this one”
Mephisto 2925 – Don Manley
I think I was 50/50 on having the advantage here – I was very familiar with the name for rivers in the US, particularly in the Dutch-settled areas of Pennsylvania. On the other hand I … Read more “Mephisto 2925 – Don Manley”
Times 26524 – Don’t lose your 1 across
Solving time : 12:22 and I felt like I wasn’t at my best, and indeed I’m the third person to have completed the puzzle and have the slowest time (and just as I go to … Read more “Times 26524 – Don’t lose your 1 across”
TImes 26518 – flying fingers meet fat fingers.
Solving time : Well I checked it over and hit submit pretty briskly I thought – then checked the leaderboard, and I flew through this in 6:29 and had two mistakes. Gak! I loaded it … Read more “TImes 26518 – flying fingers meet fat fingers.”
Mephisto 2923 – Tim Moorey
My main source of difficulty in this one was the proper nouns both in the answers and in the wordplay. This is the first time I think I’ve done the Mephisto paperless, by making a … Read more “Mephisto 2923 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2921 -Paul McKenna
Struggled a little with this one, though I think a lot of it was confidently putting in NEARNESS at 18 down. My printout still has a few question marks on it, hopefully those will be … Read more “Mephisto 2921 -Paul McKenna”
Times 26500 – feeling like a 5 down
Solving time : 21:05 – for a moment I didn’t think I was going to finish this one, then got a flash of inspiration that solved 10 across which helped the last few fall all … Read more “Times 26500 – feeling like a 5 down”