I started off as I usually start off in Mephisto, despairing of getting a single answer, only to be reviewing a completed grid in less than 90 minutes. Mephisto is like that.
Category: Mephisto
Mephisto 3319 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans. Robert Teuton leads us on a merry romp here, I enjoyed a number of clues and I think there are some traps here for the biffers. I hope I didn’t fall into … Read more “Mephisto 3319 – Robert Teuton”
Mephisto 3318 – As a matter of fact, I can!
I don’t usually find the Paul McKenna puzzles too difficult, and I got through this one in about 90 minutes.
Mephisto 3317 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans. I was back to my usual Saturday night routine, watching the late horror movie when the Mephisto came out and I solved it over a couple of beers and the 1973 version … Read more “Mephisto 3317 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 3316 – No, no, no, no; no biffing at all!
This one was a bit of a step-up from the easier Mephistos we’ve been seeing lately – John Grimshaw has provided a tougher challenge, with a number of cleverly-set traps for the unwary solver. I noted them on my copy as I solved, meaning that I wasn’t fooled.
Mephisto 3315 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans. This one raised a lot of smiles. The wordplay was challenging, the vocabulary obscure and the surfaces of many of the clues were outstanding. This has been a good week for puzzles! … Read more “Mephisto 3315 – Robert Teuton”
Mephisto 3314 – Earful swordplay!
I didn’t have much difficulty solving this one, and I finished in my Saturday night session – although I nearly hit Sunday. Getting the answers was only part of it, though, as I had to do a bit of research in order to be able to blog the wordplay.
Mephisto 3313 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans! Tim Moorey brought the challenge last week, with some rather fun surfaces and overall not too difficult a puzzle on the Mephisto scale. I got through this in a single session during … Read more “Mephisto 3313 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 3312 – Blackbirds and Thrushes
I didn’t find this one terribly hard, and made good progress for a while. I eventually got stuck and went to bed. Returning the next day, I got a few more.
Mephisto 3311 – Robert Teuton
Greeting, barred-grid fans. I remember polishing this one off fairly quickly, though was thinking some of the clever clues may turn out tricky to write up. Let’s see how it all settles together. A reminder … Read more “Mephisto 3311 – Robert Teuton”