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”
Category: Mephisto
Mephisto 3089 – Tim Moorey
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”
Mephisto 3088 – 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 3088 – by Don Manley”
Mephisto 3087 – Paul McKenna
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”
Mephisto 3086 – Tim Moorey
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”
Mephisto 3085 – Don Manley
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”
Mephisto 3084 – 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 3084 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 3083 – Tim Moorey
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”
Mephisto 3082 – 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. 14A … Read more “Mephisto 3082 – by Don Manley”
Mephisto 3081 – Paul McKenna
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”