This was the toughest Mephisto for me in a long time, and I thought it was going to be a doddle, usually I’m on the same wavelength as Paul McKenna (helps that I’ve talked to … Read more “Mephisto 2583 – Paul McKenna”
Author: glh
Times 24470: a warm place for a vacation
Solving time : 16 minutes, though I think it would be considerably faster if I was working from the printed version, I’m doing it online. Seemed a little more straightforward than the last two days, … Read more “Times 24470: a warm place for a vacation”
Times 24458 – bob, racecar, tan gnat, taco cat!
Solving time : I didn’t get a chance to do this in one sitting, it was three or four short breaks during a rehearsal for a Valentine’s Day show. I suspect there’ll be some fast … Read more “Times 24458 – bob, racecar, tan gnat, taco cat!”
Mephisto 2579 – Tim Moorey
I found this the most difficult Mephisto in recent memory, and needed a bunch of solving sessions before I got going. I think I may have not been the target audience for this crossword, because … Read more “Mephisto 2579 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24446: A quid for your Turkish port
Solving time : 20 minutes, looked like I was in for a pretty slick solve and then crawled to a halt with three to go – 13, and 15 down and 25 across. All of … Read more “Times 24446: A quid for your Turkish port”
Times 24434
Solving time : Well, after 14 minutes I’ve banged the only word I can think of that makes sense with the definition into 1 across. So I may be right or I may be wrong … Read more “Times 24434”
Mephisto 2575 – Mike Laws
Sorry that I’m a day or two late in getting this report up, I underestimated the amount of time I’d have left yesterday after flying back home from some shows in Chicago. I did most … Read more “Mephisto 2575 – Mike Laws”
Times 24422: so much for this decade…
Solving time : 18 minutes with an embarrassingly long 5 of them on 6 down alone. I really enjoyed this crossword – while not too difficult, there was some really nifty wordplay, and a lot … Read more “Times 24422: so much for this decade…”
Times 24411: homophony!
Solving time : 32 minutes, but a few interruptions. Not having a great brain day, because in hindsight, there’s not a lot that should be too difficult here but I made heavy weather of it. … Read more “Times 24411: homophony!”
Mephisto 2571 – Paul McKenna
This was a mixture of pretty easy and blisteringly difficult – there were a lot of answers where I’d guess at some wordplay and head to Chambers to hope that I’d hit on some actual … Read more “Mephisto 2571 – Paul McKenna”