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Author: glh
Times 24123 – eternal torment, multilation and a squishy bug
Solving time : 13 minutes – I didn’t get any until the long anagram at 12 across and then things fell into place pretty nicely. A good crossword for wordplay, not many hidden words or … Read more “Times 24123 – eternal torment, multilation and a squishy bug”
Mephisto 2523 – Paul McKenna
I found this one an intriguing and challenging crossword – I solved most of it on a plane on Tuesday with no access to dictionaries or aids, at the end of that I had everything … Read more “Mephisto 2523 – Paul McKenna”
Times 24111 – welcome to the New Year (almost)
New Year’s Resolution: To aid and abet in the breaking of others’ New Years Resolutions. Solving time : Maybe I was feeling too rushed, but this took me almost half an hour and I should … Read more “Times 24111 – welcome to the New Year (almost)”
Times 24100 – is the north-east corner trying to tell us something?
Solving time : 24 minutes, a very slow start, with a read through of the acrosses the only ones I saw the first time were 21, 22 and 23, and it was a slow climb … Read more “Times 24100 – is the north-east corner trying to tell us something?”
Mephisto 2519 – Tim Moorey
This was a rare single-sitting solve for me for a Mephisto – most of the lower half went in without too much effort, and there was some hunt-and-pecking for the correct words for the top … Read more “Mephisto 2519 – Tim Moorey”
Times 24088 – ooerr – a puzzle from the backdoor!
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!”
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”