Solving time : I believe a record slow 55 minutes and 15 seconds, but the crossword club is telling me I have one mistake. I hope it’s a typo, I’m tired! It seemed from comments … Read more “Times 25386 – !!!!!!!!!!!!”
Author: glh
Mephisto 2733 – Don Manley
I came down with flu last weekend so don’t have a great recollection of doing this crossword, though I do seem to remember dragging myself to the coffee shop at some point. I have writing … Read more “Mephisto 2733 – Don Manley”
Times 25374 – we could be in for a long night
Solving time : Well 18:40 on the club timer, but it says I have one wrong. I don’t doubt that, there are two complete guesses here and one that I am not totally sure on … Read more “Times 25374 – we could be in for a long night”
Mephisto 2731 – Tim Moorey
One of the more challenging Mephistos I can recall – there’s a lot that is way outside of my ken, but may be more familiar to more experienced solvers. Not a lot of giveaways, though … Read more “Mephisto 2731 – Tim Moorey”
Times 25362 – where’s Major Tom when you need him?
Solving time : 12:37 on the club timer after a night out and watching Australia not performing particularly well on the first day of the Third Test. Things went pretty steadily until I got to … Read more “Times 25362 – where’s Major Tom when you need him?”
Mephisto 2729 – Paul McKenna – Now not a placeholder nor a blog of the wrong crossword
It’s been one of those weekends, I completely misread the day of John Halpern’s skype call (did anyone else make it?) and when I came to write the Mephisto blog, LiveJournal is down. It came … Read more “Mephisto 2729 – Paul McKenna – Now not a placeholder nor a blog of the wrong crossword”
Times 25345 – frenetic fortunate facility
Solving time : 9 minutes 11 seconds on the club timer, good for top spot for now, but I suspect not for long – my last in being an anagram that I think most of … Read more “Times 25345 – frenetic fortunate facility”
Mephisto 2727 – Don Manley
I found this one a little more tricky than Don Manley’s recent Mephisto puzzles – started off in the bottom right corner and eventually worked my way around the grid. Didn’t do myself any favors … Read more “Mephisto 2727 – Don Manley”
Times 25339 – can you cope?
Solving time : 15:34 on the club timer – very slow start to this one, really only getting the top left corner on a first read through, and then sweeping through the bottom and finishing … Read more “Times 25339 – can you cope?”
Times 25327 – blogging under pressure
Solving time : 18:09 on the club timer, but that’s including chasing nephews away, dealing with a pizza delivery and battling unreliable hotel internet that I hope will let me finish this post. It’s Thanksgiving … Read more “Times 25327 – blogging under pressure”