Solving time : 17 minutes, with a few brief distractions. Though I didn’t think I was going to do this at all tonight, I was greeted with the little yellow birdy picture. I managed to … Read more “Times 24088 – ooerr – a puzzle from the backdoor!”
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Times 24076 – you winsome, you losesome
Solving time : 17 minutes, so far my longest struggle for the week, but it was complicated by inventing the new fruit FIGRAIN at 20, eventually saw the light when working through the possibilities for … Read more “Times 24076 – you winsome, you losesome”
Mephisto 2515: Mike Laws
I don’t recall all of the solving process but I think it was two long sessions and one short one to fill in the details. Not too many out-there words this time around. Across 1 … Read more “Mephisto 2515: Mike Laws”
Times 24064 – I’ll take a Scottish town for 5
Solving time : After 23 minutes I’m left with a dilemma on 5D – it’s a guess, and after I write this up, I’m not going to be near a computer for some time, so … Read more “Times 24064 – I’ll take a Scottish town for 5”
Times 24052 – blogging on a budget
Solving time : 8 minutes, which is good, things have been rushed lately, and so will be this report. One little quibble, a lot of straightforward clues, but some very concise wordplay. Good puzzle to … Read more “Times 24052 – blogging on a budget”
Mephisto 2511 – Paul McKenna
This was a nifty little puzzle. I didn’t get a lot out in the first sitting, but came back to it later and managed to make a big dent in it the second time around. … Read more “Mephisto 2511 – Paul McKenna”
Times 24040. Oh, so that means that!
Solving time : 13 minutes. I liked this puzzle a lot, there were some clever usages of the unfamiliar meanings of words, backed up with some very fair wordplay. I thought this was going to … Read more “Times 24040. Oh, so that means that!”
Times 24028 – eat up or take away?
Solving time : 14 minutes – on the fast side for me, so I suspect there will be some very slick times out there. I was held up in the hippy corner by two unfamiliar … Read more “Times 24028 – eat up or take away?”
Mephisto 2507 – Tim Moorey
In last week’s Mephisto blog, Peter suggested Mike Laws as the most difficult of Mephisto setters. I beg to differ, I find Tim Moorey with his mixture of particularly obscure words and forays into the … Read more “Mephisto 2507 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24016 – so how’s your spelling?
Solving time : 16 minutes. Got a fast start on this and filled in a lot of the grid, then got held up on some very silly spelling mistakes – a pheromonic application and an … Read more “Times 24016 – so how’s your spelling?”