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”
Author: glh
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”
Times 24769: goo goo ga ga and E. L. Wisty!
Solving time : 12:36 on the crossword club timer, though when I submitted I got worried because it said I had one wrong. Of course when I opened the puzzle back up to write the … Read more “Times 24769: goo goo ga ga and E. L. Wisty!”
Mephisto 2631 – Paul McKenna
I found this on the easier side of Mephistos right until the very end, where I got stuck in the Texas corner for a while. Eventually figuring out the problem had to be TESTON (TES … Read more “Mephisto 2631 – Paul McKenna”
Times 24763: One dragon on the ground
Solving time : 8:15 on the crossword club, which I think is my best time on there so this was definitely on my wavelength. I’m filling in for Uncle Yap as he celebrates the Lunar … Read more “Times 24763: One dragon on the ground”
Times 24757: mind your homophones
Solving time : 25 minutes, 7 seconds online, though it tells me I have one mistake. I don’t know if that is a mistaken answer or a typo, we’ll find out when putting things through … Read more “Times 24757: mind your homophones”