I was out of town last weekend, so didn’t have my usual dictionary access, and mostly did this in doodle time between presentations (or if I was tuned out, during presentations). I found this one … Read more “Mephisto 2709 – Don Manley”
Author: glh
Times 25231 – ignore that placeholder!
Solving time : 9:52 – on the crossword club it’s showing I’ve got two mistakes which turned out to be a clumsy typo at the intersection of 7 across and 10 down. I put up … Read more “Times 25231 – ignore that placeholder!”
Mephisto 2707 – Tim Moorey
I hope you were all close by a dictionary when you started this. I was a long way from home and didn’t have my Chambers or Bradfords and did not get far at all on … Read more “Mephisto 2707 – Tim Moorey”
Times 25219 – hmmmmmm
I probably should have swapped a week with Uncle Yap, but I often lose tracks of my weeks. Greetings from the Brew Ha Ha comedy festival in Columbus, Ohio, and I’m writing this blog between … Read more “Times 25219 – hmmmmmm”
Mephisto 2705 – Paul McKenna
I found this one tricky to get going on – my usual coffee-shop start only got me a half a dozen or so entries. I came back to it on Tuesday afternoon and knocked out … Read more “Mephisto 2705 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25207 – fire, fire and more fire!
Solving time : OK, I’ll admit, after a half an hour I was scurrying to the dictionaries to find the last couple of these. I might be able to blame a bad brain day after … Read more “Times 25207 – fire, fire and more fire!”
Mephisto 2703 – Don Manley
It was a strange day on Sunday – I took this and the Azed “Double Trouble” puzzle for coffee in the “morning” and found myself frustrated with one of them very quickly. It wasn’t this … Read more “Mephisto 2703 – Don Manley”
Times 25195 – bombarded by pianists?
Solving time : 16:14, but with one incorrect, where I hadn’t heard of the proper name at 13 down and hazarded a guess at an incorrect anagram. Oh well – up until that point it … Read more “Times 25195 – bombarded by pianists?”
Mephisto 2701 – Tim Moorey
My printer made a meal of this one, I think in a desperate plea to tell me to buy a new ink cartridge (which I did the next day) there’s a few blank lines. Fortunately … Read more “Mephisto 2701 – Tim Moorey”
Times 25183 – careful which button you press
Solving time : Didn’t record a time, I was working on this during breaks in the pub quiz tonight, but I can add in an extra half hour or so as I started typing this … Read more “Times 25183 – careful which button you press”