Category: Mephisto

I struggled a fair bit with this one, though in the end everything makes perfect sense, this time around there seemed to be a number of obscure words clued by obscure wordplay elements, or obvious … Read more “Mephisto 2857 – Tim Moorey”

Straightforward puzzle to the easier end of the spectrum Across 1 SATYRISK – SAT-Y-RISK; 6 ABBAS – SABBA(th) reversed; 11 PORTULAN,CHART – (patrolcar hunt)*; old maps – see Portolano in C; 14 DE,NOVO – DEN-O-V-O; … Read more “Mephisto 2856 by Don Manley”

I have a closing night tonight and won’t get this done until early-afternoon Sunday UK time. Feel free to query below, the hive mind of Mephisto solvers I’m sure will assist. Hope nobody was seriously … Read more “Mephisto 2855 – Paul McKenna”

A little bit behind and shall we say “under the weather” (the weather in this case being a bottle of Beefeaters). Blog likely to appear early Sunday afternoon UK time. And we’re back. I had … Read more “Mephisto 2853 – Don Manley”

No problems with this puzzle of medium level difficulty Across 1 LASCAR – fellow plafully = rascal then swap “r” and “l” to give LASCAR = camp-follower; 5 POMATO – PO-M(AT)O; PO-MO=post modern; AT=alternative technology; … Read more “Mephisto 2852 by Paul McKenna”

Hi Mephistfans. Another week, more barred-grid clues to obscure words for you to unravel. My first pass through of this one yielded a lot of question marks, which means words I need to look up … Read more “Mephisto 2851 – Tim Moorey”

Another unusual grid with only 15 across clues but 21 downs – it’s almost four little puzzles bolted together. Not an indirect anagram in sight in a pleasant middle of the road offering. Across 1 … Read more “Mephisto 2850 by Don Manley”

Despite a generous grid (look at those fully-checked three letter lights and all the six-letter lights with only one unchecked letter), I made a real mess of this one and it took a lot of … Read more “Mephisto 2849 – Paul McKenna”

A slightly strange grid with 20 across clues and only 16 down and hence quite a number of 4 letter words. This puzzle appeared on 29th March which was Ximenes’ birthday and I have two … Read more “Mephisto 2848 by Tim Moorey – Happy Birthday Macnutt”

Found this one a bit trickier than the last few, particularly the top right hand corner which was the last one to fall. In the end everything makes perfect sense with tricky and clear wordplay. … Read more “Mephisto 2847 – Don Manley”