Category: Mephisto

I have to admit I found this rather tricky. Unusual vocabulary and tough wordplay combine to make this one difficult to finish….

Greetings, barred-grid fans.

I found this of considerable difficulty, but I eventually solved it, only with one error.    Remember, if an answer won’t parse, it is probably wrong.   

Greetings barred-grid fans

This was a relatively easy from Paul; both the cryptics and answers involved very few obscure words or meanings.   The main problem for many solvers will be to start thinking in terms of ordinary words and well-know expressions.

Greetings, barred-grid fans

I did OK with this, until I got stuck in the south-west corner.   My problem turned out to be that I was looking at the wrong clues for the ones I was trying to solve, because my scribbles had covered up the clue numbers in the grid.   

Greetings, barred-grid fans!

Last Saturday I was still a bit under the weather, and couldn’t get anywhere with this puzzle.   It really wasn’t that difficult, but I wasn’t sharp enough to tackle it, and couldn’t get any of the four long answers, which is the key to solving this particular grid.

Greetings, barred-grid fans.