Category: Mephisto

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”

Most of this went in very quickly, but then I hit a few strange words with general knowledge wordplay, and after finding them from the definition in the dictionary, I had to do a bit … Read more “Mephisto 2799 – Don Manley”

I found this a little tougher than usual, and none the worse for that. There are some interesting words and phrases and some good clue constructions. I was disappointed that an opportunity was missed to … Read more “Mephisto 2798 by Paul McKenna – Why No Phi?”

I found the last few of these (particularly the top left) rather difficult, though after ripping through the first half of it without a dictionary, I thought I was going to be in for an … Read more “Mephisto 2797 – Tim Moorey”

A pleasant middle of the road Mephisto with no sportsmen or women but still containing some balls Across 1 LOBI – LOB-I; I=current (physics); 4 HOMALOID – HO-MA(LO)ID; Euclidean space; 10 IRENOLOGY – IRE-(YON reversed) … Read more “Mephisto 2796 by Don Manley”