Solving time : 22:25 on the club timer, which is on the high side for me, though looking back there’s nothing that difficult, I just don’t think I was on the setters wavelength. There were … Read more “Times 25458 – dial-a-loser”
Author: glh
Mephisto 2745 – Don Manley
I thought I was in for a very quick solve here, with most of the long answers going in at a first (or second) glance. It was a bit of poring over dictionaries to get … Read more “Mephisto 2745 – Don Manley”
Times 25446 – my guess is apparently better than most
Solving time : 20:00 – really because after 7 minutes of umming and ahhing, I bunged in an answer that half made sense at 13 across, and it turned out to be right. A peek … Read more “Times 25446 – my guess is apparently better than most”
Mephisto 2743 – Tim Moorey
I found this a bit more difficult than most Mephistos, with about half going in (mostly on the right hand side) before diving to the dictionaries. There’s one I’m still iffy on the wordplay for … Read more “Mephisto 2743 – Tim Moorey”
Times 25434 – Allsop?
Solving time : 8 minutes 41 seconds, which still put me at second on the leaderboard as I type, so this was on the easier side of things. There’s quite a few gentle double definitions, … Read more “Times 25434 – Allsop?”
Mephisto 2741 – Paul McKenna
Paul McKenna sent me an early version of this one to test solve, so I had a “week off” this week. I found it pretty straightforward and a fun solve, though it was a strange … Read more “Mephisto 2741 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25422 – pomp and…
Completely mea culpa – I was not able to get to this last night and forgot to put up a placeholder. Blog coming soon, really. Fortunately I don’t think there’ll be too much controversial here. … Read more “Times 25422 – pomp and…”
Mephisto 2739 – Don Manley
Didn’t get very far with this one at a first glance, but coming back after a few days, it became a pretty steady solve. Right now I’m still a little unsure of one piece of … Read more “Mephisto 2739 – Don Manley”
Times 25410 – smile, you’re on candid camera!
Solving time : 21 minutes – there’s a lot of craftiness in these clues, and a quick scan of acrosses and downs only yielded about eight answers, so I thought I might be in for … Read more “Times 25410 – smile, you’re on candid camera!”
Mephisto 2737 – Tim Moorey
I found this to be one of the more tricky offerings from the Mephisto series lately. Put a couple of incorrect answers in early (11 across went through several iterations). I didn’t think 3 (another … Read more “Mephisto 2737 – Tim Moorey”