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Category: Mephisto

Mephisto 3429 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 24th May 2026 at 12:11 AM23 May 2026Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3428 – No, not a pun, it’s John Grimshaw this week

Author   vinyl1Posted on 17th May 2026 at 1:34 AM17 May 2026Categories Mephisto

This puzzle was a mix of easy clues and some really obscure stuff.   Fair is fair, after all, and this is Mephisto. 

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Mephisto 3427 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 10th May 2026 at 12:07 AM10 May 2026Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans

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Mephisto 3426 – Alcohol free!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 3rd May 2026 at 1:33 AM3 May 2026Categories Mephisto

This is as easy as Mephisto gets – I filled in most of the answers without cracking my Chambers.     I would expect many of the regular Mephisto fans to be a bit disappointed, but we do need to refresh the pool of Mephisto solvers, and you have to start somewhere.

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Mephisto 3425 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 26th April 2026 at 12:31 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans

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Mephisto 3424 – John Blackham….you could look him up!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 19th April 2026 at 2:09 AM19 April 2026Categories Mephisto

This medium level puzzle by Robert Teuton was not too difficult to solve, although parsing some of the more difficult clues was another matter.    I think I’ve finally got it all, after doing some research.

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Mephisto 3423 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 12th April 2026 at 12:43 AM12 April 2026Categories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans

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Mephisto 3422 – Allegro moderato

Author   vinyl1Posted on 5th April 2026 at 2:55 AM5 April 2026Categories Mephisto

This was a pleasant puzzle from John Grimshaw, a good challenge but not excessively difficult.   There were some good starter clues, such as….

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Mephisto 3421 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 29th March 2026 at 12:19 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3420 – The Joke’s on Us

Author   vinyl1Posted on 22nd March 2026 at 1:06 AM22 March 2026Categories Mephisto

This one was rather straightforward, and didn’t take long.   The pun is worse than usual, and wasn’t of any help in solving.

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