This is the third very easy Mephisto on the trot, with this one the easiest by far. As a solver I look to Mephisto to provide a challenge and this one failed in that respect … Read more “Mephisto 2878 by Tim Moorey – absurd week on a rabbit (4,3)”
Category: Mephisto
Mephisto 2877 – Don Manley
On the gentler end of the Mephisto scale this week, I thought – I managed to get all but a bit of the right hand side out without needing to check in on the dictionary … Read more “Mephisto 2877 – Don Manley”
Mephisto 2876 by Paul McKenna – Je comprends très bien
The easiest set of down clues in a long time with 1D to 17D inclusive simple write-ins. Had the top finished in next to no time and no more than 30 minutes for the whole … Read more “Mephisto 2876 by Paul McKenna – Je comprends très bien”
Mephisto 2875 – Tim Moorey
Hmmm – well my greatest challenge here was the number of names of people, living or dead (and one where if you looked at a recent photograph, you’d be hard pressed to tell) that were … Read more “Mephisto 2875 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2874 by Don Manley – Benjamin Franklin and Charles Lindbergh meet Patrick Meehan
A pleasant middle of the road puzzle in which the setter eschewed the practice of showing off his French but the blogger succumbed when reminded of a bistro in Angers, Maine et Loire where pike … Read more “Mephisto 2874 by Don Manley – Benjamin Franklin and Charles Lindbergh meet Patrick Meehan”
Mephisto 2873 – Paul McKenna
This one wasn’t as tricky as it look at a first glance – I think on a first reading of the across clues I was only able to get three of them, but slowly the … Read more “Mephisto 2873 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2872 by Tim Moorey – Airlines and Alphabets
The last Mephisto that I blogged involved a considerable time spent trying to discover why a clue was half in French, half in English. I learned from the Editor that this was because the setter … Read more “Mephisto 2872 by Tim Moorey – Airlines and Alphabets”
Mephisto 2871 – Don Manley
Polished this one off in pretty short order while proctoring an exam. My only real hold up was hazarding a guess at CHICH as the answer at 1 down (so convinced that was what it … Read more “Mephisto 2871 – Don Manley”
Mephisto 2870 by Paul McKenna – je ne comprends pas
With the exception of 1 Down a straightforward solve of average difficulty. I can make little sense of our French foray – je perplexe – all help gratefully received. Across 3 AFFRAPPING – A-FF-(w)RAPPING; folios=FF; … Read more “Mephisto 2870 by Paul McKenna – je ne comprends pas”
Mephisto 2869 – Tim Moorey
Solving time : Rather a neat little offering this week I thought. There is a strange coincidence here, and maybe I am missing something – it’s not his birthday, maybe the anniversary of a significant … Read more “Mephisto 2869 – Tim Moorey”