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.
Author: vinyl1
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.
Mephisto 3330 – Princess Diana of Themyscira!
I didn’t find this particularly hard, and I was able to use Paul’s pun to help me finish. Once again, the percentage of obscure words in the answers was not that high, although the cryptics were a little tougher.
Times 28951 – I don’t know, I’ll ask her!
No music today, this was an outdoor deck solve, finished an hour before the thunderstorms came through. It certainly didn’t take long; this has got to be the easiest puzzle ever for those who have the general knowledge to solve these things.
Mephisto 3228 – The first dwarf in Unix
I did not find this too difficult, although I was too tired last Saturday to complete it in one sitting, and in fact the remainder got held over for quite a while. However, I did manage to complete it before the next one came out.
Times 28939 – Out of the box, and into No. 10!
I was going great guns, and I had three-quarters of this one finished in 15 minutes, when a mini-Mephisto broke out in the SE quadrant.
Mephisto 3326 – What happens when everyone retires?
This one was not too difficult for me, although I didn’t finish in one sitting. There are a couple of words in here that would be more appropriate for Larousse than Chambers, but they are in fact in Chambers – why, I couldn’t say.