Wow – I found this one a toughie to get through! Usually I’m on a pretty decent wavelength with Paul McKenna, but there were only a few here where I didn’t have to look up … Read more “Mephisto 2723 – Paul McKenna”
Author: glh
Times 25315 – double ell double ell!
Solving time : 21:51 – and most of that was spent in the bottom right corner. My laptop at home died, so I’ve sneaked in to work late to bang this out. Took two completely … Read more “Times 25315 – double ell double ell!”
Mephisto 2722 – Tim Moorey
How to not solve a Mephisto 101 – confidently write in an answer that turns out to be utterly wrong, however be so convinced of it that you refuse to budge. That was the case … Read more “Mephisto 2722 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2721 – Don Manley
After a couple of pretty tough Mephistos, this is back on the easier side (still more challenging than the daily), though there’s a few clues I can’t fully parse (of course 1 across is one … Read more “Mephisto 2721 – Don Manley”
Times 25303 – not gender-bending
I had a show last night and didn’t get back until pretty late and was sure I couldn’t finish this and blog it before passing out. I put up a placeholder which appears to have … Read more “Times 25303 – not gender-bending”
Mephisto 2719 – Tim Moorey
Oh boy did Tim Moorey have me crawling all over Chambers to get complete parsing of these clues! This is one of the more challenging Tim Moorey Mephistos I can remember for a long time, … Read more “Mephisto 2719 – Tim Moorey”
Times 25291 – placeholder no longer
Greetings blogophiles. An opportunity came up tonight I couldn’t refuse and so the regular crossword writeup is going to be a few hours late (I anticipate around noon UK time). So have at it in … Read more “Times 25291 – placeholder no longer”
Mephisto 2717 – Paul McKenna
I did this while watching Australia pummel India in the World Twenty20, so it was obviously a good time. Started in the bottom right and worked my way up and across from there – interesting … Read more “Mephisto 2717 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25279 – fishy
Solving time : 16:26 – though I’m not in prime solving form – didn’t get to start on this until after pub trivia (and whatever comes with pub trivia) and watching the new episode of … Read more “Times 25279 – fishy”
Mephisto 2715 – Don Manley
It was a pretty crazy weekend, so I didn’t make my usual Sunday start on the Mephisto, though I did print it out. I got an email from Peter Biddlecombe alerting that there was an … Read more “Mephisto 2715 – Don Manley”