Category: Mephisto

Our run of rather easy puzzles does now appear to have been replaced by a run of middle of the road ones. This is a standard, enjoyable, offering that should assist new solvers to learn … Read more “Mephisto 2788 by Tim Moorey”

I remember doing this in one session, so it wasn’t too far to the right on the difficulty-o-meter. As one would expect, clear wordplay with a few crafty tricks in the clues. Just got back … Read more “Mephisto 2787 – Don Manley”

An interesting and entertaining Mephisto. I have one query at 6D where I’m missing a piece of the parsing. Across 1 AGHAST – AGHA-ST; 5 LOVAGE – LOV(A-G)E; G=German; drink from the west country; 10 … Read more “Mephisto 2786 by Paul McKenna”

This was a rather odd solve for me – I was held up a lot in the top left by thinking of an answer early on that fit one half of the definition just fine, … Read more “Mephisto 2785 – Tim Moorey”

I got through most of this before having to dive in to the dictionaries and electronic aids, so I’d call it easy-medium (if BEQ is looking in, “easyum” works well here) on the Mephisto scale. … Read more “Mephisto 2783 – Paul McKenna”

Another rather gentle Mephisto for Christmas week – a little harder than some recent offerings but certainly not arduous. For some reason two word answers were flagged as (4,8) for example rather than just (two … Read more “Mephisto 2782 by Tim Moorey – A Fishy Reference”

I have a typical Sunday routine – I print off the four regular Sunday puzzles (Times, Mephisto, Everyman and Azed) and take them to Starbucks to caffeinate and solve. I’d already gotten an email that … Read more “Mephisto 2781 – Don Manley”

Very easy puzzle that did not require Chambers whilst solving Across 1 DJEBEL – D(J)EBEL – J from J(aguar); old word for crush=DEBEL; Arabic for a mountain; 6 SADIST – S-A-DIST; strangeness=S (quantum physics); 12 … Read more “Mephisto 2780 by Paul McKenna”

I found this one on the easier side of Mephistos, but more because the wordplay was extremely clear, and one of the across answers was an Australian dessert that was one of my favorites growing … Read more “Mephisto 2779 – Tim Moorey”

Off to a fast start with 1A, 5A and 11A followed by the first five down clues in very short order. No major hold-ups after that for a good average puzzle. Some enlightenment needed at … Read more “Mephisto 2778 by Don Manley”