Category: Mephisto

I found this one a little trickier than recent weeks, particularly with some “general” knowledge. The two composers were familiar to me but the French town and the Russian Secret Policeman (who may or may … Read more “Mephisto 2809 – Tim Moorey”

A very easy puzzle that I raced through. Nothing to say really. Across 1 OSSELET – (so steel)*; 6 ATTIC – (L)attic(E); 10 THARBOROUGH – T(HARBOR)OUGH; mispronounced thirdborough=old under-constable; 11 LEOTARD – leo-P-ard becomes leo-T-ard; … Read more “Mephisto 2808 by Don Manley”

I had a bit of a shock when I came to print this one – I don’t know if it was a new version of firefox, but the grid printed across more than half the … Read more “Mephisto 2807 – Paul McKenna”

I found this quite difficult with some excellent wordplay, misdirections and a good deal of looking up in C We have one rather obscure figure from mythology and one minor celeb who is well known … Read more “Mephisto 2806 by Tim Moorey – Hurricane – What Hurricane?”

I got most of the top half out without needing a dictionary, but the bottom half, and particularly the bottom left required a bit more poking, not helped by some wild “close, but no cigar” … Read more “Mephisto 2805 – Don Manley”

Reasonably straightforward Mephisto in which Alf Garnett meets Mahatma Gandhi – I wonder what Alf would have said? At 4D I’ve queried “full-time”, suggesting “permanent” as a better alternative whilst both 13A and 20D appear … Read more “Mephisto 2804 by Paul McKenna”

I had a tough time getting started with this one, although I broke up my usual solving routine. I typically solve Mephistos backwards, from the last down clue – not from any scientifically-proveable hypothesis, but … Read more “Mephisto 2803 – Tim Moorey (I presume)”

After 2 weeks away in Prague and Vienna I needed a straightforward puzzle to get me back in the swing and this one was just the job. It’s middle of the road I guess for … Read more “Mephisto 2802 by Don Manley”

Forgot to put a placeholder up earlier, I wasn’t able to get round to the blog yesterday. I seem to recall this one being pretty straightforward, I have about seven question marks on my grid, … Read more “Mephisto 2801 – Paul McKenna”

A very enjoyable, reasonably tough, solve. Some interesting words and more unusal anagrinds and containment indicators with a couple of very good “lift and separate” clues. I didn’t know the literary society but luckily had … Read more “Mephisto 2800 by Tim Moorey – From Bosch to Rabbie”