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”
Author: glh
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”
Mephisto 2723 – Paul McKenna
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”
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”