New format, and I for one welcome our new Mephisto formatting overlords, as this one printed automatically on one sheet of paper. Woohoo! For many years I’ve been loading the grid and adjusting the print … Read more “Mephisto 2971 – Don Manley”
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Mephisto 2970 – Paul McKenna
Harder than last week I thought – an enjoyable test. A slight query at 21 Down where the clue appears to be missing a deletion indicator. My thanks to Wiki for the ski champion. Across1 … Read more “Mephisto 2970 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2969 – Tim Moorey
Mini story time… I’m in a production of Fiddler on the Roof right now (as soon as I get this written I’m heading to the theatre) and we have been doing a Sunday matinee – … Read more “Mephisto 2969 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2968 – by Don Manley
I found this on the easy side but with one clue not fully parsed – 19A. I surprised myself by knowing both the name of a pop group and of a tennis player from yester-year; … Read more “Mephisto 2968 – by Don Manley”
Mephisto 2967 – Paul McKenna
I found this one more tricky than recent Mephistos, and filled in the grid largely from the bottom up. As is typical with Paul McKenna’s Mephisto puzzles there is a pun in the top row … Read more “Mephisto 2967 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2965 – Don Manley
I had to solve this twice – my usual thing is to have a couple of puzzles I’m working on (Listener, Mephisto, Azed, Spectator, a couple of US ones I do regularly) clipped together and … Read more “Mephisto 2965 – Don Manley”
Mephisto 2964 – Paul McKenna
After a week out of commission I thought I might struggle with this but in the event it was a steady solve void of pyrotechnics of an artisan puzzle. Across 1 Quite young kid to … Read more “Mephisto 2964 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2962 – by Don Manley
A straightforward puzzle distinguished by two excellent clues at 35A and 20D. Across2 Invader beginning with cunning movement that brings protest (11, two words)HUNGER,MARCH; HUN-GERM-ARCH; Jarrow for example11 Chief scoundrel we found in Glasgow (5)RATOO; … Read more “Mephisto 2962 – by Don Manley”
Mephisto 2961 – Paul McKenna
Well this is a first – Paul McKenna’s treat of putting puns in the top row of Mephistos helped me out, because I cannot for the life of me figure out the wordplay for 1 … Read more “Mephisto 2961 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2960 – Tim Moorey – no great sheeks
Three clues only partially parsed at 12A, 11D and 23D and a homophone at 26A that has two common rather different pronunciations. An old film star and two long gone Prime Ministers feature. About average … Read more “Mephisto 2960 – Tim Moorey – no great sheeks”