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…”
Author: glh
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”
Times 25398 – happy VD!
Solving time : 20:12 on the club timer with a silly typo and a few minutes break in the middle. Nothing too too difficult, though I needed to look up the wordplay on 25 across … Read more “Times 25398 – happy VD!”
Times 25386 – !!!!!!!!!!!!
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 – !!!!!!!!!!!!”
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?”