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Category: Mephisto

Mephisto 3063 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 19th May 2019 at 12:06 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Been kind of busy these last few weeks with the end of semester, a move and a play, so I didn’t solve this one until just now. Had to laugh that my last entry involved … Read more “Mephisto 3063 – Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3062 Tim Moorey

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 12th May 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. 9A … Read more “Mephisto 3062 Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3061 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 5th May 2019 at 12:34 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I rather liked this puzzle, it was not too difficult, and the grid design led to a pretty even solve, with lots of scattered crossings of words. I hope everything is in the blog, as … Read more “Mephisto 3061 – Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3060 Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 28th April 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. 3D … Read more “Mephisto 3060 Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3059

Author   glhPosted on 21st April 2019 at 12:56 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

This puzzle was not attributed, but if the normal order of things was followed, it should be a Tim Moorey Mephisto – it certainly feels like it, since there’s a bit of cricket, the usual … Read more “Mephisto 3059”

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Mephisto 3058 by Don Manley

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 14th April 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 3058 by Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3057 – Paul McKenna

Author   glhPosted on 7th April 2019 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

Some very new words for me in this one, so I was scouring Chambers and wordplay – after the mess that was Thursday’s daily puzzle, I hope I have it better together for here. Since … Read more “Mephisto 3057 – Paul McKenna”

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Mephisto 3056 Tim Moorey

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 31st March 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 3056 Tim Moorey”

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Mephisto 3055 – Don Manley

Author   glhPosted on 24th March 2019 at 12:57 AM10 September 2025Categories Mephisto

I found this trickier than most recent Mephistos, and solved it largely from the bottom up – I think at one point the entire bottom half was full, but only 7 down was in place … Read more “Mephisto 3055 – Don Manley”

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Mephisto 3054 by Paul McKenna

Author   dorsetjimboPosted on 17th March 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. 10A … Read more “Mephisto 3054 by Paul McKenna”

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