Category: Mephisto

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”

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”