Solving time : well 18:23 on the club timer, but I’ve got two wrong. One was a typo, but there was one that I put in a rather spectacularly wrong answer, and I can now … Read more “Times 24865 – come fly with me”
Author: glh
Mephisto 2647 – Tim Moorey
I found this one hard to get started on, and the grid ended up filling from the bottom up, though I’m not sure why, on a second or third read through a lot more of … Read more “Mephisto 2647 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24853 – stump the blogger!
Solving time : After 18 minutes and 32 seconds, with almost 10 of them staring at one answer, I put in the only word I could think of that fit, and it came back as … Read more “Times 24853 – stump the blogger!”
Mephisto 2645 – Paul McKenna
I overestimated my ability to download and print on my recent trip and only just got the last two Mephistos yesterday. So feel free to discuss, and I’ll be back with a write up hopefully … Read more “Mephisto 2645 – Paul McKenna”
Times 24841 – Journey to the Corners of the Grid
Solving time : 15:57 on the club timer. I found this a hard one to get a handle on – it’s an interesting grid, with no answers longer than 10 letters and not much of … Read more “Times 24841 – Journey to the Corners of the Grid”
Mephisto 2643 – Mike Laws
I find Mike Laws the hardest of the Mephisto team, and this was one where I made a fast start, but a painfully slow finish. A lot of the holdup was in 26 across, which … Read more “Mephisto 2643 – Mike Laws”
Times 24829 – George and Google Chrome vs the Times Crossword Club
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”
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”