The Mephisto is usually a 12×12 grid, but the setters have some leeway with size, as long as the number of cells and number of clues fit within a publishable space. This time we have … Read more “Mephisto 3021 – Paul McKenna”
Author: glh
Times 27100 – definitely not 4 across!
Addendum: I’m sorry I did not include my own time, which was 25:40. I am usually in the 9-14 minute range, so this was a long way from my typical time. It also appears to … Read more “Times 27100 – definitely not 4 across!”
Mephisto 3019 – Don Manley
I was rather taken with the grid for this puzzle, with the networks of four letters words. For those of you checking in for the first time, or relatively new to the Mephisto, welcome to … Read more “Mephisto 3019 – Don Manley”
Times 27088 – how’s your geography?
Solving time: 9:04, but missed a typo when I was checking over answers, so I’m not gonig to be contributing to the SNITCH times today. As of right now, three of the four solvers have … Read more “Times 27088 – how’s your geography?”
Mephisto 3017 – Tim Moorey
I didn’t have a lot of question marks next to entries in this one, but I did have to look up a lot of references. Tim Moorey tends to scatter places, people and things from … Read more “Mephisto 3017 – Tim Moorey”
Times 27076 – put that bloody cigarette out!
Solving time: 24:15. The most difficult puzzle I have tried in a while, and although I’m three cocktails in I think this is a legitimate challenge, as most clues required an understanding of both wordplay … Read more “Times 27076 – put that bloody cigarette out!”
Mephisto 3015 – Paul McKenna
This one took me longer than the last few Mephisto puzzles, and I think one of the things that made it so difficult us the 90-degree symmetry effecively dividing it up into four mini-puzzles, with … Read more “Mephisto 3015 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 3013 – Don Manley
I hope this works, I’m writing the blog up in advance and setting it to show up on Sunday, by which time I will be on a plane heading out of the country, so I … Read more “Mephisto 3013 – Don Manley”
Times 27052 – two pangrams in a row!
Solving time: 14:07, and since about two minutes of that was on 8 down, which I feel is a term at the forefront of many Times solvers’ minds, I am kicking myself. My 14:07 is … Read more “Times 27052 – two pangrams in a row!”
Mephisto 3011 – Tim Moorey
I didn’t have too much difficulty with this one, and I thought the design of the grid was very solver friendly, with a lot of thre letter strings in checked letters. It was an interesting … Read more “Mephisto 3011 – Tim Moorey”