Solving time : 11:09 – quite a relief to have an easier one, since I’ve made silly mistakes on several of the last few Times puzzles. I’m the first on the timer, so no idea … Read more “Times 25961 – so were you half of 20 or a 13?”
Author: glh
Mephisto 2829 – Don Manley
My shiny new copy of Don Manley’s Crossword Manual arrived last week, meaning I now own books by two of the Mephisto setters (I have a sneaking suspicion that Paul McKenna isn’t in any immediate … Read more “Mephisto 2829 – Don Manley”
Times 25949 – and it seems to me, you lived your life
Solving time : 16:29, but I can’t say I’m in tip-top solving or blogging form. There was a screening of a remaster of “The Great Dictator” at a cinema with a very good bar attached … Read more “Times 25949 – and it seems to me, you lived your life”
mephisto 2827 – placeholder no more
Im staying somewhere without wireless and im not quite up to posting a full report from my phone so the mephisto write up will be early monday am uk time. Feel free to discuss and … Read more “mephisto 2827 – placeholder no more”
Times 25937 – people, places and things
Solving time : 10:16, which at the moment has me fourth on the Club Timer. It seemed to me there were a lot of proper nouns, names, places, titles in this one, so it may … Read more “Times 25937 – people, places and things”
Mephisto 2825 – Paul McKenna
Sorry I’m a little late in getting this up – I don’t think there was anything too controversial or mega-obscure here, though there were a few I got from definition and had to retrofit the … Read more “Mephisto 2825 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25925 – in which I bomb
Solving time : After about 11 minutes, all I had left to put in was 14 across. And nothing at all came. For almost 10 minutes – I could see SPEED and SPIED and OPTED … Read more “Times 25925 – in which I bomb”
Mephisto 2823 – Don Manley
Most of this is crystal-clear wordplay for obscure and not-so-obscure words, but there’s still one that is nagging me, and with two unchecked letters there’s the slight chance that I’m wrong, though there is a … Read more “Mephisto 2823 – Don Manley”
Times 25913 – where’s my car?
Solving time : 9:26 on the club timer, so that stinker I predicted yesterday did not come today. I suspect there will be faster times than mine, as I didn’t see a few of the … Read more “Times 25913 – where’s my car?”
Mephisto 2821 – Tim Moorey
Sorry for being tardy in posting this one – I was in rehearsals all of last week and didn’t get a chance to solve this until after opening night. There’s a matinee today so I … Read more “Mephisto 2821 – Tim Moorey”