Category: Mephisto

This was not too bad, but I did have to ply my copy of Chambers a bit.   Fortunately, there were some easy ways to get started, as I opened operations at the bottom of the … Read more “Mephisto 3194 – Always check the record date!”

I found the bottom half of this puzzle came together more readily than the top half and worked my way up. As usual, the wordplay is precise though there are a few traps for those … Read more “Mephisto 3193 – Don Manley”

I did solve this in one sitting, but it was a pretty long one, since I went well past midnight on a Saturday night here in the US.   A key breakthrough occurred when i rethought … Read more “Mephisto 3192 – The town of my ancestors”

Greetings and happy Hallowe’en barred-grid fans. I know it is silly, but I rather like the US obsession with this time of year featuring costumed kids collecting treats and adults getting drunk while playing dress-up. … Read more “Mephisto 3191 – Tim Moorey”

I wanted to do this in one sitting, and I did.   It was a rather long one, and my errroneous anoa made it even longer.   Fortunately, I had heard of most of the words, but … Read more “Mephisto 3190 – “Only the Esquimaux in his skin canoe….”

Greetings barred-grid fans. In creating a grid with a unit commonly used in chemistry, an alchemical term, a form of car racing ridiculously popular in the part of the USA in which I live, and … Read more “Mephisto 3189 – Paul McKenna”

I felt this was a fairly moderate puzzle, but I still picked at it over a couple of days, being rather lazy about the whole thing.   A surprising number of the answers are pretty common … Read more “Mephisto 3188 – Hey, Ron, where are we?”

Greetings barred-grid fans. Excellent puzzle here from Don Manley, with very clear wordplay for the more obscure entries. 20 in particulatly had me wondering if it was truly a word from the wordplay, but yes … Read more “Mephisto 3187 – Don Manley”

I found this one rather tough, but I eventually finished.   This was the first time I had used one of Paul’s puns to get an answer, and that proved very helpful in opening up the … Read more “Mephisto 3186 – Spring ahead, fall back”

Greetings barred-grid fans I thought this one was a notch up in difficulty from the usual Tim Moorey puzzles, and I had a bunch of scribble around my grid, though only a few question marks. … Read more “Mephisto 3185 – Tim Moorey”