Category: Mephisto

Sorry about the late post – this was one of the more difficult ones I can remember from Tim Moorey, and of course it would happen on the week where by the time it came … Read more “Mephisto 2815 – Tim Moorey”

Average to easy puzzle which posed no major problems. Across 1 MUGWUMP – MUG-W-UMP; weak=w (particle physics); umpire=UMP; The jocular word MUGWUMP is from Algonquian (Natick) “mugquomp”,meaning “important person”;The Mugwumps were Republicans who defected to … Read more “Mephisto 2814 by Don Manley”

There wasn’t anything too too tricky in this one, though the bottom right corner took the longest to fall. There’s a few obscure words (mostly signposted in the clues) and some unfamiliar uses of familiar … Read more “Mephisto 2813 – Paul McKenna”

A puzzle of average difficulty that is just missing a “J” to be a pangram. I liked 6D. Across 1 SANDPIPER – S-AND-PIPER; section=S; once used in the daily as a supposed homophone for “sandpaper”; … Read more “Mephisto 2812 by Tim Moorey”

Interesting solve this one – after about half an hour I had a completely full top half, but precious little poking in to the bottom half. Funny thing is I got myself going again by … Read more “Mephisto 2811 – Don Manley”

A generally easy puzzle Across 3 ALTOGETHER – ALTO-GET-HER; 10 ASSURE – ASS-URE; 11 RICARD – RI(CAR-d)D; 12 PEPPER – PEP-PER; 13 BRAD – B(reak)-RAD; excellent=RAD: 15 EMPERISE – (e premise)*; 16 TUART – marsupial=tuan … Read more “Mephisto 2810 by Paul McKenna”

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?”