Category: Mephisto

Greetings barred-grid fans! If I have the dates and numbers correct this will be the final Don Manley Mephisto puzzle I will write up (vinyl1 will get the last puzzle at the end of the … Read more “Mephisto 3253 – Don Manley”

Yes, we have two Mephisto blogs this week.    This one is by Paul McKenna, and offers moderate difficulty.   I solved it in one sitting, taking a little over two hours.

Greetings, barred-grid fans. This was the puzzle from the week before Christmas and the deadline was extended to this week. I did it when it came out on Christmas eve, so I don’t remember much … Read more “Mephisto 3251 – Tim Moorey”

I found this puzzle pretty easy and finished in one sitting.   The obscure words were not that obscure, and seemed highly likely    What else could a lurdon be?  

Greetings barred-grid fans. While I didn’t find this puzzle particularly difficult to complete, there’s some deep dives in Chambers that make writing this up a challenge. I am also a little befuddled about the top … Read more “Mephisto 3249 – Paul McKenna”

Tim Moorey puzzles are typically more difficult – he likes to work the unlikely definitions of common words found in Chambers.     This puzzle was no exception.  

Greetings, barred-grid fans. I got through this offering pretty readily, relying on wordplay and only looking a few answers up in Chambers to make sure they were words. In Mephisto puzzles, definitions (the most direct … Read more “Mephisto 3247 – Don Manley”

I didn’t find this too bad, and finished fairly quickly.    I did biff quite a few, and researched them either while solving or when I came to write the blog.  

Greetings barred-grid fans. Don’t remember a lot about solving this last week, as it was through a Sunday morning fog after enjoying myself thoroughly (maybe a little too thoroughly) at a Renaissance Faire on Saturday.  … Read more “Mephisto 3245 – Tim Moorey”

Yes, this puzzle will be among the last by this setter, and George and I will have to cope with two new setters in the coming year.   I greatly enjoy the clarity and simplicity of Don Manley’s Mephistos, and this one was no exception.