Category: Mephisto

I remember not being held up too long by this one, which was a relief as I was still trying to polish off the previous week’s Azed (clearly I did not make the deadline on … Read more “Mephisto 2959 – Don Manley”

Fairly standard puzzle with some TV references from a bygone age New blog format to possibly assist newer solvers Across 1   British and in Bordeaux, she’s a beaut (5)     BELLE; B-ELLE 5   Right … Read more “Mephisto 2958 – Paul McKenna – Albert and Harold visit Walmington-on-Sea”

Strange solve this one – usually I complete the grid in chunks, but there were not a lot of answers that I got on a first pass, so it was a more sporadinc scratching my … Read more “Mephisto 2957 – Tim Moorey”

Apologies for the late post – I’m in a new play, Prairie Fire, by Ryan Madden (a local playwright) and it has been taking up a significant chunk of time, especially Saturday afternoons when I … Read more “Mephisto 2955 – Paul McKenna”

Nice steady solve of a middle of the road puzzle with memories of Buddy Holly hidden away in the clues Across 1 ARAROBA – region=AREA then change E=European to A-ROB; Goa powder; 7 SOOP – … Read more “Mephisto 2954 – Tim Moorey”

Quite a mix of GK here with an old tennis player, a racecourse near Glasgow, a Dutch astronomer, an old film, and a cigar smoking dictator. Good puzzle I thought which represented a fair challenge … Read more “Mephisto 2952 – Paul McKenna”

I found this one very very difficult – very few that went in without a trip to the dictionary. And even then I was digging myself into a hole, by confidently putting in IN CASE … Read more “Mephisto 2951 – Tim Moorey”

A stroll in the park this week Across 1 SFERICS – S(F)ERIC-S; fine=F; society=S; atmospherics; 6 KAPUT – KA-PUT; spirit=KA; 10 HELIANTHUS – (health sun I)*; 11 ACIDLY – AC-IDLY; 13 FICHU – hidden (scienti)FIC-HU(sband); … Read more “Mephisto 2950 – by Don Manley”

I found this one on the easier side, with a lot of the unfamiliar words having clear wordplay. I also spotted the possibility of the pun (PROPHECIES) across the top row helping me get 7 … Read more “Mephisto 2949 – Paul McKenna”

Nothing too difficult here but stars our first oblique reference to Donald Trump. I wonder how he would have got along with Quintin Hogg who I recall for his savage attack on John Profumo in … Read more “Mephisto 2948 by Tim Moorey”