I found a few parts of this very tricky indeed, with a bit of delving into sub-headings in Chambers, though in the end I don’t think I have any questions and I believe I have … Read more “Mephisto 2861 – Paul McKenna”
Author: glh
Times 26140 – pickles on the side
Solving time : 10:07 on the club timer – I would probably have cracked 10 minutes if I knew the stew at 9 across – had to pick through the alphabet for correct part of … Read more “Times 26140 – pickles on the side”
Times 26128 – now we are five?
Solving time : Oh wow – I hit the submit button at 13:02 on the club timer… and look to see where I am on the leader board. Not on the front page, oh no… … Read more “Times 26128 – now we are five?”
Mephisto 2857 – Tim Moorey
I struggled a fair bit with this one, though in the end everything makes perfect sense, this time around there seemed to be a number of obscure words clued by obscure wordplay elements, or obvious … Read more “Mephisto 2857 – Tim Moorey”
Times 26116 – a beetle of a crossword?
Solving time : Well… 10:31, but the club timer is telling me I have one incorrect entry. Aaaaah – I see it is the obvious typo at 2 down. Not a lot to be said … Read more “Times 26116 – a beetle of a crossword?”
Mephisto 2855 – Paul McKenna
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”
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”