Category: Mephisto

An easy puzzle that had solvers scratching their heads over 1 across which contained an error. Don Manley gave his apologies on the Times website. I also have a query at 20 down where I … Read more “Mephisto 2916 by Don Manley – Carlos Prieto would have done”

I did this in one fairly long sitting, thanks to having a rare day off in a rainstorm. I found this one tricky, and had a few incorrect answers confidently written (I seem to have … Read more “Mephisto 2915 – Paul McKenna”

Took me a little longer to get into this puzzle, and kind of worked my way from the bottom up. There was one entry that struck me on the right hand side as looking very … Read more “Mephisto 2913 – Don Manley”

All reasonably straighforward with one definition at 31A not understood Across 1 BIGGER – BI(G-G)ER; German=G; what you find in a stein=BEIR; 5 MISSED – M-(sides)*; my=M’ as in m’lud; ; 10 EVERSION – EVER-(is … Read more “Mephisto 2912 – Paul McKenna”

This was a tale of two halves for me. The right hand side of the grid filled up very quickly indeed, but with little spillover to the left hand side of the grid, where I … Read more “Mephisto 2911 – Tim Moorey”

I have less time than usual this week as my wife is hors de combat and I’m shopping, cooking, washing, etc. So I’ve had to biff 23A and would appreciate help to understand the clue. … Read more “Mephisto 2910 by Don Manley”

I found the top half far more difficult than the bottom half, which was of course frustrating as I was looking forward to seeing if there was a pun in the top row, and Paul … Read more “Mephisto 2909 – Paul McKenna”

Very enjoyable puzzle that I solved anti-clockwise from NW corner to NE corner. Not sure what overseas solvers will make of the bonbons which I sense are very UK centric and are named after the … Read more “Mephisto 2908 by Tim Moorey – a bit of everything”

Fun breezy offering this week, I thought. Contains one of my favorite words to misspell at 1 down (always forget the second A), and every barred-grid solver’s favorite rock at 10 across. My only real … Read more “Mephisto 2907 – Don Manley”

Relatively straightforward puzzle with a little French, Hindi and Latin thrown in to liven the mix. Across 1 SETTER – SETT(l)ER; push along=leave; definition is “a stream of cattle” see SETTER-2 in C; 6 SIGHED … Read more “Mephisto 2906 – Paul McKenna the sighing setter”