Category: 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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

I found this one kind of a struggle and I’m not sure if I have everything 100% sussed out. There are an unsually large number of clues that require reversal of wordplay components here. The … Read more “Mephisto 3053 – 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. 1A … Read more “Mephisto 3052 Don Manley”

I thought this was a notch up in difficulty in comparison to the last couple of weeks. Paul McKenna has also given us a slightly different grid, 11×13 with three across answers going right across … Read more “Mephisto 3051 – 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. 11A … Read more “Mephisto 3050 Dah, Dit Dit, Dah Dah, Moorey”