Category: Mephisto

I didn’t find this one particularly difficult – there are a lot of common words in the answers, even thought some of the clues are a bit obscure.   As I recall, I knocked it off in one sitting, taking about 80 minutes.

Greetings, barred-grid fans! I remember having a lot of fun solving this one over a few shots of rum while waiting for the Saturday night classic horror movie to start – The Evil Of Frankenstein … Read more “Mephisto 3309 – Tim Moorey”

I solved this pretty easily – two of the long ones around the edge were pretty easy to crack, giving me lots of beginning letters.

Greetings barred-grid fans. I found this one to be pretty tricky, and I am not sure I have all of the wordplay down – for that reason I waited until the solution was out before … Read more “Mephisto 3307 – Robert Teuton”

I found this a relatively approachable Mephisto, and finished it in one sitting.

Greetings, barred-grid fans, Tricky one this time around from Tim Moorey, I thought. Not that many unusual terms as answers, but crafty clues and tricky wordplay. A reminder that in Mephisto puzzles, definitions can be … Read more “Mephisto 3305 – Tim Moorey”

This was a moderate Mephisto, and I mostly did pretty well with it, but I ended up struggling in the NE.    It’s pretty easy to get stuck when you know how a clue must work, but can’t manage to get all the right pieces in the right place.  

Greetings barred-grid fans. It is the eve before Christmas Eve here. With the crazy holiday schedule, I think I did this puzzle on Wednesday morning, so it should be fresher in my mind. I remember … Read more “Mephisto 3303 – Robert Teuton”

Yes, for the first time ever, I used one of Paul’s awful puns to complete the puzzle.   I was really stuck in the upper right, and needed something to get me searching my Chambers.   After checking a couple of possibilities, I saw what was going on.

Greetings, barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this one – the wordplay is excellent all-round, and can be trusted to get to the unusual answers readily.  Pretty brisk solve. In Mephisto puzzles, definitions can be confirmed in … Read more “Mephisto 3301 – Tim Moorey”