Solving time : 20:32 on the club timer with more than half of it unraveling that bottom left hand side, mostly held up by the honking great cryptic definition of a word I’d never heard … Read more “Times 25721 – if I had a million 22s”
Author: glh
Mephisto 2789 – Paul McKenna
I found this one a little more tricky than recent offerings. Still unsure of one or two of the wordplays, but hopefully they will come as I write this up. As usual, Paul McKenna has … Read more “Mephisto 2789 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25709 – a frosty special
Solving time : 24:51 – I was utterly stuck on the bottom left hand side and needed to take a break, answer some text messages and see if things came together. They did, but this … Read more “Times 25709 – a frosty special”
Mephisto 2787 – Don Manley
I remember doing this in one session, so it wasn’t too far to the right on the difficulty-o-meter. As one would expect, clear wordplay with a few crafty tricks in the clues. Just got back … Read more “Mephisto 2787 – Don Manley”
Times 25697 – bring on the neutrinos
Solving time : 18:28, which puts me not just first on the leaderboard, but as of right now, only on the leaderboard! I believe we may have our tricksy one for the week. There’s one … Read more “Times 25697 – bring on the neutrinos”
Mephisto 2785 – Tim Moorey
This was a rather odd solve for me – I was held up a lot in the top left by thinking of an answer early on that fit one half of the definition just fine, … Read more “Mephisto 2785 – Tim Moorey”
Times 25685 – maybe tomorrow’s will be the stinker?
Solving time : 13:31, including taking a phone call, so this was on the easier side of things, which makes four in a row by my reckoning. I was prepared for this one to be … Read more “Times 25685 – maybe tomorrow’s will be the stinker?”
Mephisto 2783 – Paul McKenna
I got through most of this before having to dive in to the dictionaries and electronic aids, so I’d call it easy-medium (if BEQ is looking in, “easyum” works well here) on the Mephisto scale. … Read more “Mephisto 2783 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25673 – spot the wally
Solving time : Oh goody, still nursing the effects of the day after New Year’s Eve and it’s blogging day. 19 minutes and 8 seconds later, I hit the submit button with a whiff of … Read more “Times 25673 – spot the wally”
Mephisto 2781 – Don Manley
I have a typical Sunday routine – I print off the four regular Sunday puzzles (Times, Mephisto, Everyman and Azed) and take them to Starbucks to caffeinate and solve. I’d already gotten an email that … Read more “Mephisto 2781 – Don Manley”