OK, after the disaster of two weeks ago I’m pretty sure I have the right puzzle sitting in front of me. I found this one pretty straightforward for a Mephisto, though several of the clues … Read more “Mephisto 2629 – Mike Laws”
Author: glh
Times 24745 – ow’s ya slang, mate?
Solving time : 9 minutes 47 seconds, which right now is good enough for the top spot of the leaderboard. Of course the crossword has only been live for 18 minutes so that won’t last. … Read more “Times 24745 – ow’s ya slang, mate?”
Mephisto 2627 – Tim Moorey
Well now that was well done George. I wrote an immaculate and detailed blog for the wrong puzzle this morning. I deleted it, so the lucky few who checked in consider yourselves very lucky. And … Read more “Mephisto 2627 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24733: please hammer, don’t hurt ’em, there’s a good boy
Solving time : 19:50 online, my time seems to inflate by about 3-5 minutes online because I keep mistyping in answers or start typing in without looking to check whether across or down is highlighed. … Read more “Times 24733: please hammer, don’t hurt ’em, there’s a good boy”
Mephisto 2625 – Paul McKenna
The top half of this was done on a plane between Sydney and Melbourne with Bradfords but no other aids, so came together pretty easily. I found the bottom half of this one really challenging … Read more “Mephisto 2625 – Paul McKenna”
Times 24722 – is he Angela’s husband?
Solving time : 28 minutes – doing the online one, which doesn’t seem to all fit on my screen and I can’t resize it, so I had to keep moving up and down to look … Read more “Times 24722 – is he Angela’s husband?”
Mephisto 2623: Mike Laws
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”
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”