I thought this was a step up in difficulty from the last few Don Manley Mephisto puzzles, and found the top half of the grid came together far more slowly than the bottom half. Botany … Read more “Mephisto 2919 – Don Manley”
Author: glh
Times 26488 – an American, a Frenchman and an ogre walk into a bar…
Solving time : 17:33. I found this one difficult, and there was one complete guess from wordplay that I was relieved to find was correct – congratulations to those of you who know the town … Read more “Times 26488 – an American, a Frenchman and an ogre walk into a bar…”
Mephisto 2917 – Tim Moorey
I did most of this without resorting to a dictionary (though I had an incorrect answer at 22 across, thinking it must be RUNTS) at a rather nice new Lebanese restaurant that opened up in … Read more “Mephisto 2917 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26476: Double your Monty Python references, double your fun!
Oh silly George – I knew I was racing through this one, and as I got to the end I thought there was a chance I might be under 6:30 (and I stopped to answer … Read more “Times 26476: Double your Monty Python references, double your fun!”
Mephisto 2915 – Paul McKenna
I did this in one fairly long sitting, thanks to having a rare day off in a rainstorm. I found this one tricky, and had a few incorrect answers confidently written (I seem to have … Read more “Mephisto 2915 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26464 – in good company at least…
Solving time : 13:38 but the club timer said I had two incorrect (which is two better than yesterday). Usually this means I have a typo in a checking letter and fortunately it was an … Read more “Times 26464 – in good company at least…”
Mephisto 2913 – Don Manley
Took me a little longer to get into this puzzle, and kind of worked my way from the bottom up. There was one entry that struck me on the right hand side as looking very … Read more “Mephisto 2913 – Don Manley”
Times 26452: You spin me right round baby, right round.
Solving time : 27:07. Yikes! This is the most difficult puzzle I can recall in a while. It may have been that I started on it three pints in, but right now I am the … Read more “Times 26452: You spin me right round baby, right round.”
Mephisto 2911 – Tim Moorey
This was a tale of two halves for me. The right hand side of the grid filled up very quickly indeed, but with little spillover to the left hand side of the grid, where I … Read more “Mephisto 2911 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26440 – looks like we have been put in the corner again – hi setter!
Solving time: 9:06, but I’m showing as having two errors because I fat-fingeredly typed in PRIASE at 1 down and didn’t check. Considering I went to the premiere of a play with complimentary beer and … Read more “Times 26440 – looks like we have been put in the corner again – hi setter!”