Category: Mephisto

I did this in a number of bits and pieces sessions, since I wasn’t in town when it first appeared. I thought it was going to be a walk in the park after a number … Read more “Mephisto 2777 – Paul McKenna”

Another on the easy side with almost no need to consult Chambers. Mephisto 2777 is missing from the Club Site this morning. Across 1 THINGUMMYBOB – THIN-GUMMY-BOB; 10 AIZOON – (iona)* surrounds ZO; hybrid=ZO; a … Read more “Mephisto 2776 by old thingummyjig – Tim Moorey”

I found this one quite a challenge, particularly the top half – I stared in the bottom right and worked my way up. I was a little hampered by the final two clues not printing … Read more “Mephisto 2775 – Don Manley”

The third relatively easy one on the trot. With “ologist” obvious in the anagrist at 1A and particularly 2D and 3D being give-aways 1A put up no resistance and in this grid that means a … Read more “Mephisto 2774 by Paul McKenna”

Not sure there’s a lot to say about this one – typical clear wordplay for unusual words, and with the eight long entries being pretty amenable, it was just filling in the fiddly bits in … Read more “Mephisto 2773 – Tim Moorey”

All in all on the easy side I thought Across 1 STAPLE – S(L-PAT reversed)E; line=L; Home Counties=SE (England); “main” is definition; 5 PROSIT – PRO-SIT; for=PRO; model=SIT; drinking toast; 10 KARAITE – KARA(I)TE; a … Read more “Mephisto 2772 by Don Manley”

Interesting puzzle this one – when solving I put a number of answers in from the definition alone, and had to work out the wordplays later on, knowing it was my week to blog. There … Read more “Mephisto 2771 – Paul McKenna”

This I thought was a bit harder than average with some good wordplays. I had to Google the Russian car (where Lada was about the extent of my knowledge) and the American novelist. With a … Read more “Mephisto 2770 by Tim Moorey – из России с любовью”

This is a very good Mephisto for fans of wordplay – I managed to fill in the entire right hand (though with lots of question marks) with unfamiliar words pieced together by wordplay. I was … Read more “Mephisto 2769 – Don Manley”

I enjoyed this puzzle which I found about middle of the road in terms of difficulty. I really liked 7A and 22D. Across 1 ARBORETA – AR(BORE)T-A; about=A; 7 POOR – POO(l)-R; nice clue; 10 … Read more “Mephisto 2768 by Paul McKenna”