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”
Category: Mephisto
Mephisto 2920 by Tim Moorey
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”
Mephisto 2919 – Don Manley
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”
Mephisto 2918 – Paul McKenna
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”
Mephisto 2917 – Tim Moorey
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”
Mephisto 2916 by Don Manley – Carlos Prieto would have done
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”
Mephisto 2915 – Paul McKenna
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”
Mephisto 2913 – Don Manley
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”
Mephisto 2912 – Paul McKenna
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”
Mephisto 2911 – Tim Moorey
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”