Solving time : I got a few texts during this so the puzzle didn’t have my full and undivided attention, but when I hit the submit button at 17:36, I’m showing as one incorrect. I … Read more “Times 26236 – in “good” company”
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Mephisto 2875 – Tim Moorey
Hmmm – well my greatest challenge here was the number of names of people, living or dead (and one where if you looked at a recent photograph, you’d be hard pressed to tell) that were … Read more “Mephisto 2875 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26224 – 1 across makes perfect (and if not you can visit a 10 across)
Solving time : 12:51 on the club timer, but apparently I have one incorrect. Now that I have looked up some of the answers I seem to have found my error and it is a … Read more “Times 26224 – 1 across makes perfect (and if not you can visit a 10 across)”
Mephisto 2873 – Paul McKenna
This one wasn’t as tricky as it look at a first glance – I think on a first reading of the across clues I was only able to get three of them, but slowly the … Read more “Mephisto 2873 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26212: need your vocab chords stretched?
Solving time : 18:18, which is on the higher end of my solving times, so I was finding this one a challenge. I see on the Crossword Club timer that there is an 8 minute … Read more “Times 26212: need your vocab chords stretched?”
Mephisto 2871 – Don Manley
Polished this one off in pretty short order while proctoring an exam. My only real hold up was hazarding a guess at CHICH as the answer at 1 down (so convinced that was what it … Read more “Mephisto 2871 – Don Manley”
Times 26200 – rising to satiate an itch
Solving time : Hmm – I submitted this at 16:08 on the club timer, after agonizing over the last three for about 5 minutes and am now told I have three incorrect entries. I can … Read more “Times 26200 – rising to satiate an itch”
Mephisto 2869 – Tim Moorey
Solving time : Rather a neat little offering this week I thought. There is a strange coincidence here, and maybe I am missing something – it’s not his birthday, maybe the anniversary of a significant … Read more “Mephisto 2869 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26182 – what marque of motor you driving then?
Solving time : 16 minutes on the dot, with most of that time being spent in the top left corner – everything else seemed to go in on a first or second reading. For those … Read more “Times 26182 – what marque of motor you driving then?”
Mephisto 2867 – Paul McKenna
Apologies to the seven and a half regular Mephisto readers. I appear to have gotten very drunk in Boston and will not be posting the solution until mid-Sunday afternoon. If you have a query, please … Read more “Mephisto 2867 – Paul McKenna”