I had a moment of panic this morning when I came to the site and was told by Livejournal that it doesn’t exist. It looks like LJ has been playing with its aliases and communities, … Read more “Mephisto 2689 – Tim Moorey”
Author: glh
Times 25111 – for leather!
Solving time : 10:51, so on the easier side, though I groaned at the cryptic definitions and shook my head at a few others. Bit of a mixed bag this one, which may mean there’s … Read more “Times 25111 – for leather!”
Mephisto 2687 – Paul McKenna
I have a usual Sunday routine which is to stagger to the nearest coffee place with the Mephisto and Azed and try to get as much solved while caffeinating. There’s a few outside tables, which … Read more “Mephisto 2687 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25099 – eat your greens!
Solving time : 21 minutes and then a trip to the dictionaries to check on things. Got off to a quick start here and then things slowed down to a crawl, with the last few … Read more “Times 25099 – eat your greens!”
Mephisto 2685 – Don Manley
Got a really good jump on this one, and had most of it done before the coffee cooled. The unfamiliar words had rather generous wordplay for a Mephisto, I thought. Still a little unsure about … Read more “Mephisto 2685 – Don Manley”
Times 25087 – do you have something to say, Prince William?
Solving time : 14:40, but over five minutes of that was spent agonizing possibilities for 20 down, before cottoning on to it as a straight out anagram clue. So up until that point I was … Read more “Times 25087 – do you have something to say, Prince William?”
Times 25075 – dat wabbit!
Solving time : didn’t record one, did this during short snatches in a very long tech rehearsal for a new show (we open Friday, if you’re in the Asheville area over the next few weeks, … Read more “Times 25075 – dat wabbit!”
Mephisto 2681 – Paul McKenna
The most challenging Mephisto for a while for me. I suspect there may be a couple of words here that are new to the 2011 edition of Chambers. I have access to both the new … Read more “Mephisto 2681 – Paul McKenna”
Times 25063 – I blog 22!
Solving time : 19:40 but I was distracted at the start and then did this while explaining the answers to a friend along the way so it was an educational 19:40 (or a very boring … Read more “Times 25063 – I blog 22!”
Mephisto 2679 – Don Manley
The barred-grid beastie continues into 2012! I found this one kind of tough, got most of the right half out in a first solve, but needed some dictionaries (and eventually a bit of google to … Read more “Mephisto 2679 – Don Manley”