Category: Mephisto

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”

As I’ve said before, I always like a Don Manley puzzle.   The clues are fair, and if you follow the rules you will be rewarded.   In the case of this puzzle, I was able to … Read more “Mephisto 3184 – Excuse me, Mr Blair…..”

Greetings barred-grid fans! Tricky workout from Paul McKenna this week – a few clues with multiple components and a 90-degree grid which led to some answers being fully-checked, but the 12-letter entries all having three … Read more “Mephisto 3183 – Paul McKenna”

This was not too terribly hard, and it was possible to look up a number of the answers with the starting letters.   However, Q-Boat was rather difficult, and required a dictionary search, since E-Boat and … Read more “Mephisto 3182 – No biffing, please!”

Greetings barred-grid fans. Since I have a busy weekend, I’m writing this up in advance, and may not be able to check comments on Sunday morning, so if I have messed anything up, check to … Read more “Mephisto 3181 – Don Manley”