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Category: Mephisto

Mephisto 3413 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 1st February 2026 at 12:53 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans

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Mephisto 3412 – The Devil You Know

Author   vinyl1Posted on 25th January 2026 at 1:32 AM25 January 2026Categories Mephisto

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. 

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Mephisto 3411 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 18th January 2026 at 12:16 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3410 – Pi in the sky

Author   vinyl1Posted on 11th January 2026 at 2:14 AM12 January 2026Categories Mephisto

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.

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Mephisto 3409 – Robert Teuton

Author   glhPosted on 4th January 2026 at 4:14 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3408 – You’ve got me, Paul!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 28th December 2025 at 1:48 AM28 December 2025Categories Mephisto

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.

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Mephisto 3407 – John Grimshaw

Author   glhPosted on 21st December 2025 at 1:50 AMCategories Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3406 – At the Edinburgh rave!

Author   vinyl1Posted on 14th December 2025 at 2:10 AM14 December 2025Categories Mephisto

Robert Teuton’s puzzle is a bit more difficult than usual, with a number of interesting words.    It took me a long time to finish, and I went on many wild-goose chases without catching any wild geese.

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Mephisto 3405 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 7th December 2025 at 2:11 AM7 December 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans.

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Mephisto 3404 – “Picasso leans out the window…”

Author   vinyl1Posted on 30th November 2025 at 1:10 AM30 November 2025Categories Mephisto

A Mephisto from John Grimshaw that was not that difficult, and for once many of the answer words were words I knew. 

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