Category: Mephisto

Occasionally Tim Moorey throws a little twist into his Mephisto puzzles – it’s been a while since he last did this from memory (maybe Mephisto 2500?). When I solved 1 across and 9 down I … Read more “Mephisto 2767 – Tim Moorey”

One on the easier side I thought. Across 1 GARBOLOGISTS – GARBO-LO(GIS)TS; 10 LAIR – LAIR(d); 11 SPUNKIE – S(PUNK-I)E; 12 ALCAIDE – (a citadel – t)*; T=leader in T(oledo); 13 STYME – hidden (ta)STY-ME(al); … Read more “Mephisto 2766 by Don Manley – I vant to be alone”

There’s a bit of tricky stuff in here and one very interesting piece of wordplay, but I don’t think this will cause regular Mephisto solvers a lot of trouble. Sorry I’m a little later than … Read more “Mephisto 2765 – Paul McKenna”

Solving Time: Quite a while, an hour or more. I did the crossword in odd moments over several days, so no time recorded. I found it somewhat harder than average, but maybe I’m just out … Read more “Mephisto 2764, 18 August 2013”

I found this one on the more gentle side of Mephistos, particularly the wordplay. I was in the back of a car being driven through mountains of Tennessee and managed to get most of this … Read more “Mephisto 2763 – Don Manley”

I was too drunk and tired to write this up on Saturday. Now I’m watching the second session from Durham, this has been a gripping match! OK, now to the Mephisto – I found this … Read more “Mephisto 2762 – Paul McKenna”

Middle of the road Mephisto. I can’t parse 4D – all ideas welcomed! Across 1 STIRRAH – STIR-RAH; cheer=RAH; a corruption of Sir and Sirrah in Stirling; 6 DAGGA – DAG-GA(ga); Aussie eccentric=DAG; African love-drug; … Read more “Mephisto 2760 by Don Manley – A Trojan Mystery”

I was a test solver for this puzzle, so I got to have the week off last week. My main comment on the original was that I thought that solvers would get a number of … Read more “Mephisto 2759 – Paul McKenna”

Standard, middle of the road, Mephisto. I have one query at one across, where I’m not happy with the definition. Across 1 RAMILLIES – ARMIES switching right to left=RAMIES; insert heart from (bri)LLI(ant)=RAMI(LLI)ES; that leaves … Read more “Mephisto 2758 by Tim Moorey”

This was one of the most difficult Mephistos for some time for me, however there’s a couple of references that I did know know at all and needed to consult the interwebs to find the … Read more “Mephisto 2757 – Don Manley”