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”
Author: glh
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”
Times 25267 – does 11 from a 26 still leave you 1 down?
Solving time : 14:02 on the club timer, a steady but solid solve. On a first pass through the across answers I only managed three so I thought that it was going to be a … Read more “Times 25267 – does 11 from a 26 still leave you 1 down?”
Mephisto 2713 – Tim Moorey
It was a pretty busy week for me this past week, and I didn’t get around to this Mephisto until Saturday. Fortunately nothing on this one held me up too much, and there were a … Read more “Mephisto 2713 – Tim Moorey”
Times 25255 – is the setter making a statement in the bottom line?
Solving time : 10:43 – I was done about a minute before that, but since it was blog day I wanted to make sure everything made sense and it was taking me a while to … Read more “Times 25255 – is the setter making a statement in the bottom line?”
Mephisto 2711 – Paul McKenna – placeholder
Ooops, just realized it’s my turn to post it and I haven’t even solved it yet, busy week. This should appear late Sunday or Monday. Feel free to discuss, and sorry Paul! Thanks for your … Read more “Mephisto 2711 – Paul McKenna – placeholder”
Times 25243 – if Lucy solved 29 across
Solving time : 26:53, which at the time put me at the top of the Club Timer – so either something is screwy with the site or this was a difficult one indeed. I found … Read more “Times 25243 – if Lucy solved 29 across”