I didn’t have much difficulty with this puzzle, and finished in one sitting. I had heard of many of the answers, but as usual the setter likes to use obscure meanings of common words.
Author: vinyl1
Times 29011 – Wearing my Mephisto hat
After finishing off this week’s Mephisto and Sunday puzzle, I was ready for a light dessert. Unfortunately, this one proved a bit hard than usual, with some more advanced vocabulary.
Mephisto 3380 – “Oh, come aw ye tramps and hawkin’ lads…..
I didn’t find this Mephisto very difficult, and finished in one sitting. I did not parse all of the answers while solving, so now I’ll have to figure a few out.
Times 28999 – Foodfest!
Well, I raced through 90% of this puzzle in about 12 minutes, and then became thoroughly stuck. It can happen.
Mephisto 3336 – Thanks, Paul!
I always do well with Paul McKenna puzzles, and this was no exception. Although I didn’t finish it in one sitting, when I came back the next morning it was pretty to finish off.
Times 28987 – Yes, that hotel!
I cannot say that this was another easy Monday, as the last several answers proved very elusive, including two words that were not in my vocabulary.
Mephisto 3334 – Well within my Ken!
I found this one challenging enough, but still manged to finish in one sitting – not that it wasn’t pretty late into Saturday evening, but I finished.
Times 28975 – Yes, it’s my turn!
This puzzle should not have been that hard, but a number of clues required a little thought. I only got two across clues on first read, so I started my solve there and gradually spread out.
Mephisto 3332 – Be careful what you wish for!
Yeah, I’m the dummy who said last week’s Mephisto was too easy – sorry about that. This one had me hunting up and down in Chambers all week, and I still had a few to do earlier today, so I had to sit down and grind them out.
Times 28963 – Take a walk on the mild side
I found this a rather easy Monday puzzle, but I did have all the knowledge. The two long answers should be obvious just from the enumerations and literals, which will give everyone a good start.