Category: Mephisto

An easy puzzle with yet another example of an AZED word-to-clue appearing subsequently here. Presumably this is The Sunday Times making its contribution to the recycling industry. Well done Chelsea – brilliant result in Germany! … Read more “Mephisto 2698 by Tim Moorey with Jimmy, Jack and Ashley”

Sunday was a strange day – I had a bunch of stuff to do to get ready for a trip on Monday. So I was hoping that the Sunday crosswords wouldn’t take that long – … Read more “Mephisto 2697 – Don Manley”

A straightforward puzzle of average difficulty but with some interesting people hidden away. I knew Al Capone of course but the skateboarder Alan “Ollie” Gelfand was new to me as was that great world champion … Read more “Mephisto 2696 by Paul McKenna (with champions Ollie and John)”

Hmmm – well since LiveJournal now lets us do posts in advance, let’s try it out. Greetings from the past with the blog of Mephisto 2695. A crossword where I had one massive headsmack moment, … Read more “Mephisto 2695 – Tim Moorey”

Not a particularly difficult puzzle but good value none the less. Across 1 PANCHATANTRA – PAN-CHAT-ANTRA; hollow=PAN;talk=CHAT;hollow=cave=antre so I’m guessing that ANTRA is the plural form;Vishnu Sharma’s version of Aesop’s Fables;on edit ANTRA is plural … Read more “Mephisto 2694 by Don Manley”

I got an email that something was amiss with 16 down, which turned out to be my last one in and even with the hint that there’s something wrong I can’t quite see what it … Read more “Mephisto 2693 – Paul McKenna”

This entertaining puzzle was published on 1st April. The four theme words that had no definition in the clue are shown in italics and are all French fish. The French for “April Fool” is Le … Read more “Mephisto 2692 by Tim Moorey – Poisson Potage”

I solved this on a plane on my way back from San Diego on Thursday. I had Bradfords, but no Chambers – I managed to get everything but 30 (figured the wordplay, but couldn’t confirm … Read more “Mephisto 2691 – Don Manley”

After two comparitively easy puzzles I found this one harder and had to work at it diligently. At 1A I can’t find a definition – perhaps I’m missing something devious. My next Mephisto blog will … Read more “Mephisto 2690 by Paul McKenna”

I had a moment of panic this morning when I came to the site and was told by Livejournal that it doesn’t exist. It looks like LJ has been playing with its aliases and communities, … Read more “Mephisto 2689 – Tim Moorey”