Solving time : Not what it says on the club timer, most likely. I’ve gotten into the habit of doing it online if I solve in the evening US time, and it’s typically worked quite … Read more “Times 24829 – George and Google Chrome vs the Times Crossword Club”
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Mephisto 2641 – Tim Moorey
Took me a while to make inroads on this one, had most of the right hand side filled, but only a few scattered answers on the left. 1 and 35 across fell at almost the … Read more “Mephisto 2641 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24817 – hooly dooly!
Solving time : My online submission in 17:56 comes back with three errors. In fact at this point there is not yet a fully correct online solution. So hopefully I’ll fix typos or see what … Read more “Times 24817 – hooly dooly!”
Mephisto 2639 – Paul McKenna
I’ve already printed out this week’s Mephisto and noticed there’s a little bit of a change – there appears to be an email for entries. I assume they’ll take a scanned grid, since they’ve taken … Read more “Mephisto 2639 – Paul McKenna”
Times 24805: Lots of fun and a different sort of chemist
Solving time : 11 minutes, 41 seconds, got caught by the last few. I was the first to submit a correct solution on the crossword club, one of my regular competitor in the “first one … Read more “Times 24805: Lots of fun and a different sort of chemist”
Mephisto 2637: Mike Laws
I don’t know if this one was as hard as I made it out to be, but I wasn’t helped by confidently writing the utterly wrong HORSED as an answer for 6 down and then … Read more “Mephisto 2637: Mike Laws”
Times 24793: Just like the Tate, a bit of ancient, a bit of modern
Solving time : Well I submitted it without a lot of confidence in 21:16 online and it came back with two mistakes which means either I’ve made two mistakes or there’s a typo in a … Read more “Times 24793: Just like the Tate, a bit of ancient, a bit of modern”
Mephisto 2635 – Tim Moorey?
Not sure if there’s some Mephisto funny business going on, but 2633 was a Tim Moorey puzzle, so either Mike Laws is taking a break or something is out of whack. I found this one … Read more “Mephisto 2635 – Tim Moorey?”
Times 24781: Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Hitler?
Solving time : 19:52, with a couple of distractions, but when I hit submit the Times is telling me that I have two wrong. One typo I can see quite clearly, but the other is … Read more “Times 24781: Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Hitler?”
Mephisto 2633 – Tim Moorey
Well the difficulty appears to have been ramped up a bit here, I found this one a real struggle to get going on, but once a few key answers fell into place ((13 and 16 … Read more “Mephisto 2633 – Tim Moorey”