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Mephisto 2845 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 15th March 2015 at 12:37 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I’ve solved it but I’m too tired to write a coherent blog and I think one or two of you might notice the difference. I’ll get this up tomorrow sometime. And now it is tomorow … Read more “Mephisto 2845 – Tim Moorey”

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Times 26044 – NETT vs NET

Author   glhPosted on 12th March 2015 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I’m on my way back to my usual home base of Asheville, but right now in a delay at the airport in Calgary. I’m hoping I’ll make it to Chicago in time to get the … Read more “Times 26044 – NETT vs NET”

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Mephisto 2843 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 1st March 2015 at 12:52 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Once upon a time I complained that the Mephisto introduced me to utterly-disgusting sounding foods (often with similarly unappealing names) on a weekly basis. This week we are introduced to cattle diarrhoea. Wheeee! At least … Read more “Mephisto 2843 – Paul McKenna”

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Times 26032 – in which there is room for improment

Author   glhPosted on 26th February 2015 at 3:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 25:16. You know how sometimes we talk about being on the wavelength of a setter? Well if this setter was broadcasting on FM, I was somewhere between UHF and two tin cans … Read more “Times 26032 – in which there is room for improment”

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Mephisto 2841 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 15th February 2015 at 12:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I made heavy weather of the left hand side of this mostly because of two references that I had to look up – one I think at the end I had heard of (Marie Stopes), … Read more “Mephisto 2841 – Don Manley”

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Times 26020 – do we have to do this three times daily?

Author   glhPosted on 12th February 2015 at 1:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 11:06 – and hooray for wordplay! There were a number of entries in here that I had to piece together from the wordplay due to unusual words or crafty definitions. Thankfully the … Read more “Times 26020 – do we have to do this three times daily?”

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Mephisto 2839 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 1st February 2015 at 12:11 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I did this one pretty early on in the week so I’m trying to remember the solving process. I seem to recall having two pretty short sessions, one with Chambers and not being too held … Read more “Mephisto 2839 – Tim Moorey”

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Times 26008 – one letter away from Trogdor!

Author   glhPosted on 29th January 2015 at 1:27 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 16:44 on the club timer which right now has me on the top of the leaderboard, though I doubt that will last. Trickier one today I thought, with a few words that … Read more “Times 26008 – one letter away from Trogdor!”

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Mephisto 2837 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 18th January 2015 at 3:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I found the right hand side of this far more amenable than the left, where I’m still stuck on one piece of wordplay, though I think the answer can only be one thing. This was … Read more “Mephisto 2837 – Paul McKenna”

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Times 25966 – use the ma, Luke

Author   glhPosted on 15th January 2015 at 1:12 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 14:04 – though I managed to really mangle typing in my second last entry, so I’m showing up with three unforced errors – I could be an Australian tennis player! I thought … Read more “Times 25966 – use the ma, Luke”

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