Solving time : 24:20 on the club timer, which is my slowest time in a very very long time. This is a bit of a beast, and I can’t quite put my finger on what … Read more “Times 26332 – I guess it’s easier than dancing to hardcore”
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Mephisto 2891 – Paul McKenna
This was a pretty swift solve on Sunday morning, assisted by there being four wholly-checked entries around the outside of a grid that offers 90-degree symmetry and a smaller number of out-there grid entries. I … Read more “Mephisto 2891 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26320 – look ma, no panto!
Solving time : 17:27, and going by some of the other times on the club timer, I made hard work of this one. It’s late and I’m still a little under the weather, but a … Read more “Times 26320 – look ma, no panto!”
Mephisto 2889 – Don Manley
Last Sunday here was kind of cold and miserable, so I recall racing through both the Mephisto and Sunday Times offering in pretty quick succession. A lot of times with Don Manley crosswords I’ve relied … Read more “Mephisto 2889 – Don Manley”
Times 26308 – would you like a little whine with that cheese?
Solving time : A more than slightly distracted 14:44 – I got off to a rip-roaring start, and slowed down right to the end where we finished with one complete biff, so hopefully as I’m … Read more “Times 26308 – would you like a little whine with that cheese?”
Mephisto 2887 – Tim Moorey
Tim Moorey has taken a break from the Sunday Times rotation (I guess we will find out next week who the replacement is), but I was relieved to find out he was going to continue … Read more “Mephisto 2887 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26296 – last typo of the year!
Solving time : 13:30, but the club timer is telling me I have two wrong, which usually means a silly typo in crossing entries. And there it is in la femme best known for visiting … Read more “Times 26296 – last typo of the year!”
Times 26284 – I dreamed I was eating a giant 1AC and then I woke up choking on my pillow
Solving time : 7:57, which at about an hour and a half after the puzzle appeared is good enough for the top of the leaderboard, though I suspect not for long. I don’t know if … Read more “Times 26284 – I dreamed I was eating a giant 1AC and then I woke up choking on my pillow”
Mephisto 2883 – Don Manley
Only had a few question marks on this one at the first pass through, so the wordplay was pretty solid for a number of unfamiliar words. Wishing I could have been in NYC or London … Read more “Mephisto 2883 – Don Manley”
Times 26272 – and now we are eight
Solving time : 10:20 for what I found to be a pretty strange puzzle. I made steady progress through and then reached a bank of answers where I thought “is that really what is going … Read more “Times 26272 – and now we are eight”