I have a closing night tonight and won’t get this done until early-afternoon Sunday UK time. Feel free to query below, the hive mind of Mephisto solvers I’m sure will assist. Hope nobody was seriously … Read more “Mephisto 2855 – Paul McKenna”
Author: glh
Times 26104 – it’s pangram week!
Solving time : 12:29, which right now puts me as second on the Club Timer, though there’s a lot of the usual early faster times with one mistake (9 and 13 look like prime candidates … Read more “Times 26104 – it’s pangram week!”
Mephisto 2853 – Don Manley
A little bit behind and shall we say “under the weather” (the weather in this case being a bottle of Beefeaters). Blog likely to appear early Sunday afternoon UK time. And we’re back. I had … Read more “Mephisto 2853 – Don Manley”
Times 26092 – international incident
Solving time : 9:30 on the club timer, so I found this one pretty straightforward, though it helped I’d seen a few of the less English words recently. This is one of the more intriguing … Read more “Times 26092 – international incident”
Mephisto 2851 – Tim Moorey
Hi Mephistfans. Another week, more barred-grid clues to obscure words for you to unravel. My first pass through of this one yielded a lot of question marks, which means words I need to look up … Read more “Mephisto 2851 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26080 – look at that slut in the fourth row!
Solving time : 14:55 – I think I made a meal of this one near the end, really struggling to get the last two entries (both of which were proper names not close to the … Read more “Times 26080 – look at that slut in the fourth row!”
Mephisto 2849 – Paul McKenna
Despite a generous grid (look at those fully-checked three letter lights and all the six-letter lights with only one unchecked letter), I made a real mess of this one and it took a lot of … Read more “Mephisto 2849 – Paul McKenna”
Times 26068 – anger, animals and the elderly
Solving time : 11:02 on the club timer and holy moley there’s someone with a 5-minuter already, so I am in second! I guess this confirms my suspicion that it’s on the easier side and … Read more “Times 26068 – anger, animals and the elderly”
Mephisto 2847 – Don Manley
Found this one a bit trickier than the last few, particularly the top right hand corner which was the last one to fall. In the end everything makes perfect sense with tricky and clear wordplay. … Read more “Mephisto 2847 – Don Manley”
Times 26056 – was a placeholder, now a holder place
I’ll put this here just in case. I’m traveling again, and if I had left on time, I would have been home and awake enough to solve and write up (famous last words), but it … Read more “Times 26056 – was a placeholder, now a holder place”