Either I am getting better, or this was but a moderate Mephisto. While it did take a while, I was frequently annoyed with myself for having missed an obvious solution, or failing to biff a … Read more “Mephisto 3142 – Leading to limosis, perhaps…..”
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The Online Crosswords Championship – Second Try
As many of you have discovered, the Times Crossword Championships did not come off this morning due to various problems. The Championship has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Sunday, November 22 at 10:30 GMT. Please use … Read more “The Online Crosswords Championship – Second Try”
The Online Crosswords Championship
Well, we are nearly there. For the first time, those who can’t make it to London will be able to try their skills against the best solvers in the world, even if they have to … Read more “The Online Crosswords Championship”
Times 27823 – Shelter from the storm
Time: 19 minutesMusic: Burning Spear, Live in Paris 1988 Easy Monday remains with us, if you are willing to trust the cryptics and look up the words you don’t know later. You don’t need to … Read more “Times 27823 – Shelter from the storm”
Mephisto 3140 – Parlez-vous francais?
Rather an easy Mephisto, where I was only held back by not dropping wrong theories quickly enough. Even the answers were not very startling, although I was a bit taken aback by chapess. Anta and … Read more “Mephisto 3140 – Parlez-vous francais?”
Times 27811 – Welcome to the working week!
Time: 15 minutesMusic: Elvis Costello, Spike Looks like easy Monday is back. I flew through this one, biffing some of the longer answers which had obvious literals. Getting these really opens up the grid, and … Read more “Times 27811 – Welcome to the working week!”
Mephisto 3138 – What the bright dawn scatters
Here we have another fine Mephisto from Paul McKenna, with the usual groaner across the top line. This is the first time I ever used one of these atrocious puns to come up with an … Read more “Mephisto 3138 – What the bright dawn scatters”
Times 27799 – Lenehan is back!
Time: 27 minutesMusic: Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, Munch/BPO Another easy Monday? Well, easy if you follow the cryptics. We’re not allowed to use the answers in the blog titles (you bloggers do remember this rule, … Read more “Times 27799 – Lenehan is back!”
Mephisto 3136 – Old quarterback’s quandary?
This Mephisto was pretty easy for a Don Manley, with a good number of the clues having a somewhat obvious answer. I think I did about two-thirds of it without even opening Chambers. The vocabulary … Read more “Mephisto 3136 – Old quarterback’s quandary?”
Times 27787 – Put that in your lapel!
Time: 60 minutes!Music: Schubert, Piano Sonatas, Wilhelm Kempf Yeah, my time was 60 minutes, but it was 25 minutes on all but one clue. Since I had never heard of the fastener, and there a … Read more “Times 27787 – Put that in your lapel!”