Category: Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans! I enjoyed this romp, there’s some quirky and suggestive clueing. Nothing too particularly difficult, but I am finding Robert Teuton’s clues to have consistently amusing surfaces and concise wordplay. In Mephisto puzzles, … Read more “Mephisto 3283 – Robert Teuton”

This was quite easy for a Mephisto, and I solved it in one sitting while hardly cracking my Chambers.    There were few really obscure words, at least for the hardened Mephisto solver.

Greetings, barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this one, and there’s some signature Tim Moorey touches including references to more recent people disguised as classical figures, and intricate subtractions in wordplay. In Mephisto puzzles, definitions can be … Read more “Mephisto 3281 – Tim Moorey”

This was one of the easier Mephistos I’ve done.   I definitely gained confidence when I found the first two across answers were write-ins for me, and some of the next few were also rather easy.

Greetings, barred-grid fans. This week Robert Teuton has given us a good puzzle for wordplay, lots of unusual-looking words with clearly-indicated wordplay elements, a good Sunday morning work out (I was back to my usual … Read more “Mephisto 3279 – Robert Teuton”

I did solve this puzzle, but I would be the first to admit I don’t quite get some of the trickier cryptics.    Careful research as turned up some of the parsings, but not all of them.  

Greetings barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this challenge, as to be expected from Tim Moorey some quirky but exact wordplay.  Completed over two short stints later in the day, I was not able to do my … Read more “Mephisto 3277 – Tim Moorey”

Last week’s Mephisto was not terribly tricky, and I finished before going to bed on a Saturday night.    This is the grid where you can really help your solve by getting the long ones around the edges quickly. 

Greetings, barred-grid fans! I don’t remember having too much difficulty with this puzzle, but there were plenty of smiles to be had, as I was familiar with a few of the odder entries, particularly the … Read more “Mephisto 3275 – Robert Teuton”

While the puzzle was enjoyable, some of the parsing are a bit obscure – perhaps a commenter will step forward with a clarification or addition.