Category: Mephisto

I thought I was in for a very quick solve here, with most of the long answers going in at a first (or second) glance. It was a bit of poring over dictionaries to get … Read more “Mephisto 2745 – Don Manley”

A very enjoyable Mephisto that required some hard work and concentration Across 1 DICASTERY – DIC(ASTER)Y; unpredictable=DIC(e)Y then replace the last of (thre)E by old word for star=ASTER;an old court; 12 ENROLL – hidden (dark)EN … Read more “Mephisto 2744 by Paul McKenna – Pink Panther Edition”

I found this a bit more difficult than most Mephistos, with about half going in (mostly on the right hand side) before diving to the dictionaries. There’s one I’m still iffy on the wordplay for … Read more “Mephisto 2743 – Tim Moorey”

An enjoyable puzzle of about average difficulty. I made life a little difficult for myself by managing to find three answers to 26D, the last of which was the correct one – so two feline … Read more “Mephisto 2742 by Don Manley – Pussy Galore”

Paul McKenna sent me an early version of this one to test solve, so I had a “week off” this week. I found it pretty straightforward and a fun solve, though it was a strange … Read more “Mephisto 2741 – Paul McKenna”

A medium difficulty puzzle that was a pleasant, if slightly frenetic, solve and blog as I was unable to look at the puzzle until yesterday! Last weekend produced some interesting puzzles and amongst stiff competition … Read more “Mephisto 2740 by Tim Moorey – Of Titters And Totters”

Didn’t get very far with this one at a first glance, but coming back after a few days, it became a pretty steady solve. Right now I’m still a little unsure of one piece of … Read more “Mephisto 2739 – Don Manley”

I found this a little harder than of late. This is the first puzzle for some time that I failed to solve from top to bottom. I ended up solving from the bottom upwards, which … Read more “Mephisto 2738 by Paul McKenna”

I found this to be one of the more tricky offerings from the Mephisto series lately. Put a couple of incorrect answers in early (11 across went through several iterations). I didn’t think 3 (another … Read more “Mephisto 2737 – Tim Moorey”

A straightforward puzzle Across 1 MUCOR – MUC(k)-OR; 5 APOCOPE – A-PO(CO)PE; CO=Conscientous Objector; 11 ALABAMAN – A-LAB-A-MAN; 12 NESS – (anything) + NESs = a quality eg softness; 13 PELLUCID – P(ELL)U(t)-CID; 14 GOUTTE … Read more “Mephisto 2736 by Don Manley”