Solving time : well now I’m nervous, just before writing this up I looked at the solution over on fifteensquared of the other popular barred-grid Sunday puzzle and found that I’d fallen into both (probably … Read more “Mephisto 2623: Mike Laws”
Author: glh
Times 24710: 14 in 17 13
Solving time : 10 minutes, slow start but a very fast finish for one of my better times. There’s some long answers that can be confidently entered from the definition alone, which is a help. … Read more “Times 24710: 14 in 17 13”
Times 24698 – ow
Solving time: let’s just call it not my day. I had a little outpatient surgery today, so I’m feeling terrible, and then my printer decided to run out of ink while this one was printing … Read more “Times 24698 – ow”
Mephisto 2619 – Paul McKenna
Oh boy did I make a mess out of this one, first off writing a wrong answer in at the pretty obvious 19down and then letting it keep me from getting the equally obvious 30. … Read more “Mephisto 2619 – Paul McKenna”
Tunes 24686: in which a 13 may 23 for a 19, but after starting in 9, like a 10 before a 17, you 25.
Solving time : 18 minutes, and there’s the one patented “I’m not sure”, which I have since looked up in Chambers to find it fits the definition part, wordplay may come to me as I … Read more “Tunes 24686: in which a 13 may 23 for a 19, but after starting in 9, like a 10 before a 17, you 25.”
Times 24674 – going nowhere fast!
Solving time : 15 minutes, though I was a little distracted by the end of Game 5 of the American League Championship series (that’d be the baseballing, a cricket variant I’ve grown to like since … Read more “Times 24674 – going nowhere fast!”
Mephisto 2615 – Tim Moorey
The grid small (but workable) and the entire puzzle printed on about three-quarters of an American letter-size page. I’m noticing that more often than not the dailies do not print on one page now, though … Read more “Mephisto 2615 – Tim Moorey”
24662 – a pre-emptive strike
Placeholder post – I got a last-minute gig tonight and may not be able to blog the crossword until the morning. If anyone can get in through the new system and complete the crossword, feel … Read more “24662 – a pre-emptive strike”
Times 24650: 1 across, 5 across (I hope) and I 23 down for 21
Solving time : 23 minutes, though I suspect I made a real meal out of this one – I didn’t get started until after midnight and rather confidently wrote in a bunch of what proved … Read more “Times 24650: 1 across, 5 across (I hope) and I 23 down for 21”
Mephisto 2611 – Mike Laws
For the first time in a few weeks, the right puzzle appeared at the right time and by with the correct setter information! Woohoo – and I rather enjoyed this one with the curious grid … Read more “Mephisto 2611 – Mike Laws”