Category: Mephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans. Last Sunday was a busy day for me and I didn’t get around to solving this until Friday late night.  Maybe it was solving Mephisto under different circumstances (wine and cheese instead … Read more “Mephisto 3269 – Tim Moorey”

While for the previous Mephisto I barely needed to touch Chambers, this John Grimshaw production will require considerable checking for most solvers.  I had to make a number of guesses, most of which turned out to be correct.

Greetings, barred-grid fans! This was a pleasant diversion on a wet and miserable Sunday morning for me.  Strangely enough, there were fewer unknown words in this grid than in the daily puzzle I blogged on … Read more “Mephisto 3267 – Robert Teuton”

I didn’t find this one that difficult, although I was a little slow getting started, and had to put off a the left side until the next day.     The pun didn’t help me much, and I ended up having to push through the left from the bottom to the top.

Greetings, barred-grid fans. I remember this being a pretty breezy solve, but I was not sure of some of the wordplay, hopefully a second visit to the clues will sort everything out. In Mephisto puzzles, … Read more “Mephisto 3265 – Tim Moorey”

This one was not too bad, although I gave up after an hour and went to bed.   I finished it off pretty quickly the next morning. 

Greetings, barred-grid fans. For Robert Teuton’s second Mephisto offering, I believe he ratcheted up the difficulty a touch. I liked the quirky clueing. particularly the long charades (2 and 17 down for example), and would … Read more “Mephisto 3263 – Robert Teuton”

Most of this was straightforward enough, but there are a few bits I did’t fully understand while solving.   I finished it in two sessions, and checked my results against Chambers.  

Greetings, barred-grid fans. After two weeks with new setters we are back to the familiar territory with Tim Moorey. This has all the hallmarks of the classic Tim Moorey puzzle – some sportsball, some recent … Read more “Mephisto 3261 – Tim Moorey”

When tackling a puzzle like Mephisto with a new setter, one never knows quite what to expect.   As solvers, we have gotten used to the styles of the rota of solvers, and we know what tricks they are likely to use.