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Author: glh

Mephisto 2775 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 10th November 2013 at 12:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I found this one quite a challenge, particularly the top half – I stared in the bottom right and worked my way up. I was a little hampered by the final two clues not printing … Read more “Mephisto 2775 – Don Manley”

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Times 25626 – what’s the sound of one hand typing?

Author   glhPosted on 7th November 2013 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 15:07 on the club timer with one silly typo. First one I’ve tried on the club site since I broke my humerus, so I’m down to typing with one hand. Probably near … Read more “Times 25626 – what’s the sound of one hand typing?”

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Mephisto 2773 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 27th October 2013 at 12:55 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Not sure there’s a lot to say about this one – typical clear wordplay for unusual words, and with the eight long entries being pretty amenable, it was just filling in the fiddly bits in … Read more “Mephisto 2773 – Tim Moorey”

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25614 – maybe cancel that flight

Author   glhPosted on 24th October 2013 at 1:14 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 24:54 on the club timer – I was so far from the setter’s wavelength that it was mocking me from the other side of the space-time continuum. After completing it, I think … Read more “25614 – maybe cancel that flight”

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Mephisto 2771 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 13th October 2013 at 12:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Interesting puzzle this one – when solving I put a number of answers in from the definition alone, and had to work out the wordplays later on, knowing it was my week to blog. There … Read more “Mephisto 2771 – Paul McKenna”

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Times 25602 – make sure you’re not filled up

Author   glhPosted on 10th October 2013 at 2:21 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : 17:27, though with one mistake. I went through the complete grid a couple of times looking for the mistake and it took me a while to find it, I had completely misparsed … Read more “Times 25602 – make sure you’re not filled up”

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Mephisto 2769 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 29th September 2013 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

This is a very good Mephisto for fans of wordplay – I managed to fill in the entire right hand (though with lots of question marks) with unfamiliar words pieced together by wordplay. I was … Read more “Mephisto 2769 – Don Manley”

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Times 25590: Hmmmm…

Author   glhPosted on 26th September 2013 at 12:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time : Hit submit after 16:44 and was greeted with the “1 incorrect” message. I had a peek through it and I don’t see any typos straight off so I might be missing something. … Read more “Times 25590: Hmmmm…”

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Mephisto 2767 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 15th September 2013 at 12:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Occasionally Tim Moorey throws a little twist into his Mephisto puzzles – it’s been a while since he last did this from memory (maybe Mephisto 2500?). When I solved 1 across and 9 down I … Read more “Mephisto 2767 – Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 2765 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 1st September 2013 at 11:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

There’s a bit of tricky stuff in here and one very interesting piece of wordplay, but I don’t think this will cause regular Mephisto solvers a lot of trouble. Sorry I’m a little later than … Read more “Mephisto 2765 – Paul McKenna”

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