Category: Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans. After the past few weeks, it felt like I flew through this one, with the usual witty Tim Moorey clues and some fun references along the way. Not as many unusual words … Read more “Mephisto 3289 – Tim Moorey”

Well, the all-clear has sounded, and I breezed through this one.   The parsing was not difficult if you are willing to check a few things in Chambers.

Greetings, barred-grid fans. OK – I found this one TOUGH! I was not able to finish it on Sunday morning (there may have been some recovery from Saturday shenanigans involved), and it took me three … Read more “Mephisto 3287 – Robert Teuton”

This one was a little tricky, and my solve stretch into a following day.   The bottom was easy enough, but the top was a bit difficult.   As usual, I missed a few that should have been obvious, only to kick myself later.

Greetings, barred-grid fans! I found this one a few notches up in difficulty from the last few weeks.  Tim Moorey’s style of clueing often includes sport and cultural references and they both appear early on … Read more “Mephisto 3285 – Tim Moorey”

I didn’t find this difficult, as there were quite a few easy ones to get started.     The vocabulary was well suited to those who like to read Middle English and Early Modern texts. 

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.