Category: Mephisto

I found this Mephisto quite difficult, and was stuck for a long while with only about 1/3 of it done.  I really needed to grind to get going again, and even then each answer had … Read more “Mephisto 3150 – Double your words, double your fun!”

Well we have often told you that you need Chambers to complete Mephisto (or at least to verify definitions), but in this case it is true four times over. There have been a few puzzles … Read more “Mephisto 3149 – Tim Moorey”

I didn’t find this terribly hard, and finished in one sitting on a Saturday night – yes, midnight in the UK is 7 PM in Connecticut.   I didn’t understand one of the answers, but fortunately … Read more “Mephisto 3148 – Take your shoes off, ladies!”

I think this was one of the most difficult Mephistos of the year, there are not a lot of familiar words, and many obscure uses of common terms through the grid. I spent quite a … Read more “Mephisto 3147 – Paul McKenna”

I didn’t get on that well in this one, as there were a few clues that gave me a lot of difficulty – and in fact, there are one or two I still can’t explain.  … Read more “Mephisto 3146 – He’s ready for take-off….”

I don’t have any scribbles or question marks on my grid, so this must have been on the easier side of Mephistos. I did have to look up a few in Chambers after figuring out … Read more “Mephisto 3145 – Don Manley”

This was a good one from Paul McKenna, parts of which might prove a bit difficult for some.   I had a pretty good solve, except towards the end, where there were one or two clues … Read more “Mephisto 3144 – Not quite a pangram!”

I got pretty bogged down in the bottom left hand quater of this puzzle where I confidently wrote in an alternative (though the spelling I see most often) spelling at 14 down which had me … Read more “Mephisto 3143 – Tim Moorey”

Either I am getting better, or this was but a moderate Mephisto.  While it did take a while, I was frequently annoyed with myself for having missed an obvious solution, or failing to biff a … Read more “Mephisto 3142 – Leading to limosis, perhaps…..”

Im afraid there has been a prolonged internet outage here. My provider said an hour ago it should be fixed by 10pm however at noon they said it should be fixed by 4pm so who … Read more “Mephisto 3141 – Paul McKenna”