Category: Mephisto

A puzzle distinguished by its most unusual grid which is 12×12 but has only 24 lights with four five letter words the shortest answers. An interesting piece of compilation. I found it relatively easy because … Read more “Mephisto 2926 by Tim Moorey – who needs 3 and 4 letter words?”

I think I was 50/50 on having the advantage here – I was very familiar with the name for rivers in the US, particularly in the Dutch-settled areas of Pennsylvania. On the other hand I … Read more “Mephisto 2925 – Don Manley”

Nothing to frighten the horses here, just a steady standard solve. I need help on the cryptic for 26D. Across 1 BARRE – BA(R)RE; R from (shoote)R; a capo on a guitar; 5 KNUCKLE – … Read more “Mephisto 2924 – Paul McKenna”

My main source of difficulty in this one was the proper nouns both in the answers and in the wordplay. This is the first time I think I’ve done the Mephisto paperless, by making a … Read more “Mephisto 2923 – Tim Moorey”

With 1D an easy anagram and both 2A and 7A write-ins this was a relatively quick solve. About 25% of the clues are full or partial anagrams. Only one query – the definition at 34A … Read more “Mephisto 2922 by Don Manley – Body Parts from Grantsdale”

Struggled a little with this one, though I think a lot of it was confidently putting in NEARNESS at 18 down. My printout still has a few question marks on it, hopefully those will be … Read more “Mephisto 2921 -Paul McKenna”

Standard middle of the road puzzle with no queries or hold-ups or (amazingly) Scottish words Across 1 CHAMB – CH-A-MB; check=CH (chess); abbreviation of Chamberlain; 5 FI,DONC – FI-DON-C; cocaine=C; Latin tag for “shame”; 11 … Read more “Mephisto 2920 by Tim Moorey”

I thought this was a step up in difficulty from the last few Don Manley Mephisto puzzles, and found the top half of the grid came together far more slowly than the bottom half. Botany … Read more “Mephisto 2919 – Don Manley”

An interesting puzzle of about average difficulty slightly marred by lights 3D,4D,5D and 16D showing format of two word solutions. With 40 clues in total it is also slightly larger than usual. I’m not wholly … Read more “Mephisto 2918 – Paul McKenna”

I did most of this without resorting to a dictionary (though I had an incorrect answer at 22 across, thinking it must be RUNTS) at a rather nice new Lebanese restaurant that opened up in … Read more “Mephisto 2917 – Tim Moorey”