Interesting puzzle, this one – I did it in one session, but there were a few that I did not get the wordplay on at all, and my first version of the grid had four … Read more “Mephisto 2673 – Don Manley”
Author: glh
Times 25009 – the fastest cake in the world!
Solving time : 13:51 – with about 5 minutes of that spent stuck in the Yankee corner. There’s some rather interesting devices used here, a few that don’t pop up that often. If you know … Read more “Times 25009 – the fastest cake in the world!”
Mephisito 2671 – Tim Moorey
If you read the half-post, that was weird, I had a pop-up attack while I was writing the blog up, sorry there was only half a post originally. I’m afraid I didn’t give this the … Read more “Mephisito 2671 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24997 – in space, no-one can hear you look things up in dictionaries.
Solving time : 28 minutes, and then a great deal of looking things up. The setter’s wavelength and mine were a long long long long way from each other here, and I strugged to get … Read more “Times 24997 – in space, no-one can hear you look things up in dictionaries.”
Mephisto 2669 – Paul McKenna
The difficulty appears to have been ramped up a little here – I got most of the bottom half out without needing to resort to aids, but the top half was full of unfamiliar territory! … Read more “Mephisto 2669 – Paul McKenna”
Times 24985 – now that’s a crossword!
Solving time : Well with the championships coming up, I thought I’d break out the timer and see what happens. And even with a break to open the door, I stopped it at 7:36. It … Read more “Times 24985 – now that’s a crossword!”
Mephisto 2667 – Don Manley
I started this one on a small flight from Newark to Asheville, without Chambers but with a pretty dog-eared copy of Bradfords. I wasn’t quite awake during that flight and made a very slow start, … Read more “Mephisto 2667 – Don Manley”
Times 24973 – oh no, not again (ref 18 across)
Solving time : 13 minutes – made one rather silly error at the start, but it came out when I worked my way through the down clues. Found the right half considerably easier than the … Read more “Times 24973 – oh no, not again (ref 18 across)”
Mephisto 2665 – Tim Moorey
I usually start the Mephisto over coffee on a Sunday morning and I got about half of this out (though I had a wrong anagram at 33). As typical with Tim Moorey puzzles I find … Read more “Mephisto 2665 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24961 – March if you’ve got ’em
Solving time : 19 minutes – and I was held up by the long ones in this case, last in was the anagram at 13 down that I was sure was going to be AEDROSAMTLN … Read more “Times 24961 – March if you’ve got ’em”