My shiny new copy of Don Manley’s Crossword Manual arrived last week, meaning I now own books by two of the Mephisto setters (I have a sneaking suspicion that Paul McKenna isn’t in any immediate … Read more “Mephisto 2829 – Don Manley”
Category: Mephisto
Mephisto 2828 by Paul McKenna – We Will Remember Them
This puzzle appeared on Rememberance Sunday 9th November and has an appropriate theme that I have endeavoured to reflect in the blog. This was not a difficult puzzle but I have two unparsed lights at … Read more “Mephisto 2828 by Paul McKenna – We Will Remember Them”
mephisto 2827 – placeholder no more
Im staying somewhere without wireless and im not quite up to posting a full report from my phone so the mephisto write up will be early monday am uk time. Feel free to discuss and … Read more “mephisto 2827 – placeholder no more”
Mephisto 2826 by Don Manley
A very easy puzzle Across 2 CRIMINATORY – CRI-MINATORY; CRI=Charles Rex 1 = monarch in Civil War; threatening=MINATORY; accusative is definition; 11 VEERING – VEE-RING; VEE=V; V-sign=Harvey Smith; 13 ELDIN – ELD-IN; of bygone age=ELD; … Read more “Mephisto 2826 by Don Manley”
Mephisto 2825 – Paul McKenna
Sorry I’m a little late in getting this up – I don’t think there was anything too controversial or mega-obscure here, though there were a few I got from definition and had to retrofit the … Read more “Mephisto 2825 – Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2824 by Tim Moorey – Inspiration Required
I have a new odd location to add to my list of strange places in which I have completed a crossword – a cruise ship off Cape St Vincent in a force 9 gale with … Read more “Mephisto 2824 by Tim Moorey – Inspiration Required”
Mephisto 2823 – Don Manley
Most of this is crystal-clear wordplay for obscure and not-so-obscure words, but there’s still one that is nagging me, and with two unchecked letters there’s the slight chance that I’m wrong, though there is a … Read more “Mephisto 2823 – Don Manley”
Mephisto 2822 by Paul McKenna
A gentle Mephisto that shouldn’t cause too many problems to experienced solvers Across 1 ATAP – A-TAP; bug=TAP (phones); leaves used for thatching; 6 ESTOCS – (th)E-(SCOTS reversed); short swords; 11 HAVE,A,POP,AT – HAVE-A-PO-PAT; narrow-minded=PO; … Read more “Mephisto 2822 by Paul McKenna”
Mephisto 2821 – Tim Moorey
Sorry for being tardy in posting this one – I was in rehearsals all of last week and didn’t get a chance to solve this until after opening night. There’s a matinee today so I … Read more “Mephisto 2821 – Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2820 by Don Manley
A pleasing puzzle that required a concentrated effort without ever being really tough Across 1 PADANG – GAP reversed surrounds DAN; a Malayan field; 6 SODAIC – SO-(acid)*; 10 RUINER – RU-INER(t); 11 KREWE – … Read more “Mephisto 2820 by Don Manley”