Unless you’re very experienced you are unlikely to solve a Mephisto without using Chambers. The idea is that you use the precise wordplay to derive an answer that you then verify in the dictionary. 1A … Read more “Mephisto 3074 – Tim Moorey”
Category: Mephisto
Mephisto 3073 – Don Manley
Strange solving process for this one, as I started at the bottom and worked my way up. On a first reading of clues I could not get a single one in the top half of … Read more “Mephisto 3073 – Don Manley”
Mephisto 3072 by Paul McKenna
Unless you’re very experienced you are unlikely to solve a Mephisto without using Chambers. The idea is that you use the precise wordplay to derive an answer that you then verify in the dictionary. 13A … Read more “Mephisto 3072 by Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 3071 – Tim Moorey
I found this one pretty tricky, and worked from the bottom up, ending with 4 across. I hope I have all the wordplay sorted out. All definitions can be verified in Chambers and are only … Read more “Mephisto 3071 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 3070 by Don Manley
Unless you’re very experienced you are unlikely to solve a Mephisto without using Chambers. The idea is that you use the precise wordplay to derive an answer that you then verify in the dictionary. 13A … Read more “Mephisto 3070 by Don Manley”
Mephisto 3069 – Paul McKenna
I solved this one on an airplane between Washington Dulles and Los Angeles with an electronic copy of Chambers handy, and was glad for the distraction (for those curious, that flight is a Mephisto, an … Read more “Mephisto 3069 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 3067 – Don Manley
A fine Mephisto for wordplay, which is to be expected from Don Manley, where my usual approach is wordplay first, and then check the definition. It also helped in this one that two of the … Read more “Mephisto 3067 – Don Manley”
Mephisto 3066 by Paul McKenna
Unless you’re very experienced you are unlikely to solve a Mephisto without using Chambers. The idea is that you use the precise wordplay to derive an answer that you then verify in the dictionary. 4D … Read more “Mephisto 3066 by Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 3065 – Tim Moorey
Tim Moorey tends to scatter some pop culture and sports references through his puzzles and this one has double cricket and double football (maybe a hat tip to the World Cup of cricket and the … Read more “Mephisto 3065 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 3064 by Don Manley
Unless you’re very experienced you are unlikely to solve a Mephisto without using Chambers. The idea is that you use the precise wordplay to derive an answer that you then verify in the dictionary. 12A … Read more “Mephisto 3064 by Don Manley”