Category: Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans

This puzzle was surprisingly mild for a John Grimshaw, and was able to answer a number of the clues without consulting my Chambers.

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

As often happens, a Paul McKenna puzzle which is not particularly difficult but provided several hours of pleasure.    A relatively high percentage of the answer words are not obscure, which helps the solver get enough crossing letters to finish off the more difficult clues.

Greetings barred-grid fans

Robert Teuton has provided us with a middle level puzzle with a few clues requiring a bit of special knowledge, but nothing that is too hard to figure out. 

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

The trend of easier Mephisto puzzles continues, but I’m sure the trend will reverse itself shortly.   I solved this one in one session on a Saturday night while waiting for George’s blog.   Nearly all the words, and many of the cryptic elements, are not in any way obscure, and most of the answers were short.

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

This was quite an easy one from Paul, except for one small point.   The answers are mostly quite accessible, even if some of the wordplay is a bit convoluted.