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Category: Mephisto

Mephisto 3080 – Tim Moorey

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 15th September 2019 at 6:20 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. 24A … Read more “Mephisto 3080 – Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3079 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 8th September 2019 at 12:31 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

My main hold-up here I suspect is a typo in Chambers. Since I wasn’t familiar with the language I looked up the answer to 7 down. In my copy of Chambers it is given as … Read more “Mephisto 3079 – Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3078 – Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 1st 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. 16A … Read more “Mephisto 3078 – Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3077 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 25th August 2019 at 12:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I found this one a touch more tricky than recent Mephistos, and my last one in was the place name across the top with which I was not familiar. Usually I find Tim Moorey’s wordplay … Read more “Mephisto 3077 – Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3076 – by Don Manley

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 18th August 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. 11A … Read more “Mephisto 3076 – by Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3075 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 11th August 2019 at 10:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Apologies for this appearing late – I wrote it early and scheduled it for the 11th, but forgot to change the time, so it was set to appear at 6:30pm my time (which would be … Read more “Mephisto 3075 – Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3074 – Tim Moorey

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 4th August 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. 1A … Read more “Mephisto 3074 – Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3073 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 28th July 2019 at 12:48 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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”

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Mephisto 3072 by Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 21st July 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 3072 by Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3071 – Tim Moorey

Author   glhPosted on 14th July 2019 at 12:07 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

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”

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