Category: Mephisto

I’ve solved it but I’m too tired to write a coherent blog and I think one or two of you might notice the difference. I’ll get this up tomorrow sometime. And now it is tomorow … Read more “Mephisto 2845 – Tim Moorey”

By far the easiest Mephisto I’ve done for quite some time – mostly simple constructions with signposted definitions. Perhaps Don was intent upon helping our friends in Iceland who celebrated Beer Day on 1st March … Read more “Mephisto 2844 by Don Manley – Minn er a hálfpottur”

Once upon a time I complained that the Mephisto introduced me to utterly-disgusting sounding foods (often with similarly unappealing names) on a weekly basis. This week we are introduced to cattle diarrhoea. Wheeee! At least … Read more “Mephisto 2843 – Paul McKenna”

Enjoyable middle of the road puzzle Across 1 SCHOOLE – SCHOOL-(barg)E; Waggledagger for shoal; 7 FEHM – FE(H)M; Henry=H (physics); FEM=femme=homosexual partner; medieval German court; 10 LOOED – LOO-(th)E-D; to forfeited in game of loo; … Read more “Mephisto 2842 by Tim Moorey”

I made heavy weather of the left hand side of this mostly because of two references that I had to look up – one I think at the end I had heard of (Marie Stopes), … Read more “Mephisto 2841 – Don Manley”

There’s a rather old fashioned feel to this puzzle with references to Frank Buchman, bits of Latin, women waiting for a given time to propose and a defunct TV detective series amongst other features. Nothing … Read more “Mephisto 2840 by Paul McKenna – quid sit bisextilis babe?”

I did this one pretty early on in the week so I’m trying to remember the solving process. I seem to recall having two pretty short sessions, one with Chambers and not being too held … Read more “Mephisto 2839 – Tim Moorey”

I worked steadily through this middle of the road puzzle but was left with one that stumped me – 29A. I wanted the answer to be GENNET as I was obsessed with book=GEN rather than … Read more “Mephisto 2838 by Don Manley – Jane Austen Edition”

I found the right hand side of this far more amenable than the left, where I’m still stuck on one piece of wordplay, though I think the answer can only be one thing. This was … Read more “Mephisto 2837 – Paul McKenna”

A fairly gentle opening to 2015 with a pleasant if undemanding puzzle Across 1 EARD – (h)EARD; see yird in C – to plant in Perth; 4 MESOCARP – (some)*-CARP; a layer of cells within … Read more “Mephisto 2836 by Tim Moorey”