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Category: Mephisto

Mephisto 3090 – Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 24th November 2019 at 6:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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.  16A … Read more “Mephisto 3090 – Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3089 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 17th November 2019 at 12:51 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings all, I’m fighting the strange connectivity issues with the hotel internet here so this may be a sparse blog. In the Mephisto all answers can be confirmed in Chambers so I will focus on … Read more “Mephisto 3089 – Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3088 – by Don Manley

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 10th November 2019 at 6:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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 3088 – by Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3087 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 3rd November 2019 at 12:24 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Greetings all – I’m posting this from Arlington, Virginia just outside of Washington DC where I am working for the next couple of days. If you get the chance to visit my adopted nations capital, … Read more “Mephisto 3087 – Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3086 – Tim Moorey

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 27th October 2019 at 6:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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.  5D … Read more “Mephisto 3086 – Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3085 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 20th October 2019 at 12:41 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

A puzzle so nice I had to share it twice. I’m off on a golf weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, and I thought I had brought my printed copy of the puzzle … Read more “Mephisto 3085 – Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3084 – Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 13th October 2019 at 6:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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 3084 – Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3083 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 6th October 2019 at 12:50 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Another tricky Mephisto, particularly near the end. I didn’t do myself any favours by being convinced that SAGEST was the correct answer at 31 across. With the Mephisto, since the definitions can be verified in … Read more “Mephisto 3083 – Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3082 – by Don Manley

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 29th September 2019 at 6:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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. 14A … Read more “Mephisto 3082 – by Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3081 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 22nd September 2019 at 12:48 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Hmmm… I struggled with this one, and although I’m pretty sure I have a correct grid, it is more through the definitions than the wordplay. I’m going to try to piece the last few together … Read more “Mephisto 3081 – Paul McKenna”

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